When the Bush/Cheney administration declared war on the Afghan Taliban, countless U.S. progressives predicted the end results would be what is currently happening.
Once involved in making war on the Taliban, the United States was taking on an eternal commitment.
But, Dubya convinced the Bushbots he could do what no army has done during the millennia of Afghan history, occupy, control, and win a war against Afghan defenders.
Like every other military before, the United States, the GOP, and every other war monger across this nation lost. These losers join Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, the Soviets' Red Army, just to name a few, who tried, but eventually failed their missions in Afghanistan.
The United States' Afghan adventure was a loser before the troops left their home bases. The only winners, the major stockholders and corporate officers in the defense industry. They are the most disappointed Americans to see the war in Afghanistan come to its inevitable conclusion.
But it's not their concern for the oppressed Afghan people under Taliban rule. It's the fact that ending that most profitable conflict is going to cut into the corporate bottom line, and their quarterly bonuses. An example of U.S. patriotism at its finest.
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