#Afghan War

[sayruq]

The United States is responsible for the deaths of millions just this century so Kirby is right but its not something you'd expect a government spokesperson to admit

[tinyshe]

Prayer Request: please pray for the health and well-being of Afghan War veteran Robert. He is in great need of prayer, love and support. God Bless.

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PABLO SCHREIBER as Zeke Tilson & ERIC LADIN as Glenn Taylor 2015 • The Brink • Political Satire • TV 

[vulturesouls]

Khyber Chiefs and Khans with Captain Tucker, Political officer in Jamrood Fort, Afghanistan, 1878

The Khan of Lalpura and followers, with Political officer, 1878

Peshawur Gate Jellalabad City, and surroundings, 1878

From the album Afghan War 1878-79. Peshawur Field Force. J. Burke., Getty Museum

[victusinveritas]

Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1974 or so.

[captainofhopes]

Serbian military reporter Miroslav Lazanski near the Mi-24. Kabul, 1989.

[randomrichards]

THE COVENANT:

Afghan translator

Helps Sergeant through hostile lands

Who in turn saves him

[superstartaylorsversion]

What do you mean the US government lied about Afghanistan? Living in Afghanistan sucks, especially for women

I will try and explain this to you simply, but the Taliban was created and backed by the CIA because the US was concerned about Afghanistan having just been invaded by the USSR, a socialist state, because the US has a vested interest in maintaining the capitalist system. The US govt helped create and fund the Taliban, then used the existence of the Taliban as an excuse to kill, torture, and drone strike Afghani citizens thereby making them (justifiably) enraged about the US, thus creating further radicalization and pushing people (specifically young men) towards militant extremist ideologies like ISIS, The Taliban, and Al Queda, giving the US more incentive to keep torturing and murdering people in Afghanistan. Why did they do this? To stop the spread of socialism and to steal natural resources like coal and gas from the SWANA (south west Asia and North Africa) region. The US GOVT ADMITS TO THIS AND THEY DO NOT HIDE IT

Here’s a quote from the council on foreign relations!

Here’s a Washington Post article about it

And a short 3 pager on JSTOR

[perrysoup]

Holy FUCK they are actually pushing it’s a war?

Do y’all really not see the 9/11 similarities? This is the Afghan War shit all over again!

The U.S. Secretary of State speaks about the child victims in Gaza: "When I see young children being pulled from the rubble of buildings... when I see that... when I look into their eyes, it's as if I see my own children."

It's worth noting that within hours of this statement, the United States approved military aid worth $14.3 billion to Israel :)ِ

They have an unlimited reserve of hypocrisy that never ends.

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PABLO SCHREIBER as Zeke Tilson & ERIC LADIN as Glenn Taylor 2015 • The Brink • S1·EP5 • dir. J. Michael Muro

[thenewdemocratus]

VOA News: Luiz Ramirez: Future Role of US Troops in Afghanistan Debated

. Source:The New Democrat  The only thing that American troops in conjunction with NATO should be doing right now is helping to train and develop the Afghan military so Afghanistan can defend itself from domestic and foreign invaders including the Taliban and other terrorists groups. We’ve been there twelve years and have our own problems back at home economically and financially. That these wars…

[breaknewsnow]

My words are not dangerous, but the spin of my words are very dangerous," said Prince Harry

[isaacsapphire]

MULTIPLE American soldiers got in trouble with their own people for beating or killing the Afghan officers/police/etc for being pedophiles, because the US was propping up a bunch of kidfuckers in an extremely unsubtle way that our own soldiers found morally unacceptable to the point of taking violent action despite being told not to.

Like, we dun FUCKED UP in the choices made in managing the Afghan occupation, and that's very very obvious to even a cursory glance.

you know iraq is one thing, but I find the narrative of the afghanistan war as some horrible crime on the US part really weird. The US invaded the country for a perfectly legitimate reason(taliban's role in facilitating 9/11 attacks) and decided that instead of just launcing a punitive expedition and leaving the mess behind, they'd try to fix the country. there isn't even any kind of sympathetic underdog narrative for the taliban here!

I think the issue is that the American occupation of Afghanistan and the Afghan national army was sufficiently bloody that a significant fraction of the population was like yeah you know what the Taliban aren't so bad actually let's have those guys back, if that's trying to fix the country I'd hate to see trying to break it!