'..Occupations always fail as the opponent cares more about the outcome, has the luxury of time to wait it out, is willing to pay a greater price and plays on its home court.''For starters, Americans are sick of this war and mainstream media warmongering.
The Hill cites a
Politico-Morning Consult Survey.The survey found that a majority of registered voters — 59 percent — support Biden's plan to withdraw the troops, ending the longest war in U.S. history. In comparison, 25 percent said they are opposed to his plan and 16 percent had no opinion.
Golden Opportunity to LeaveUS troops have been in Afghanistan since 2001.
US special forces killed Bin Laden on May 2, 2011, not in Afghanistan but rather in Pakistan.
That was a golden opportunity to declare victory and get the hell out. The WSJ was against it then, against it now, and against it every step in between.
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The WSJ feins concern over those we left behind. A Tweet by Dave Smith gets it.
"The people who claim to be gravely concerned about Al Qaeda returning to Afghanistan had no problem fighting wars on their behalf in Libya, Syria and Yemen. They have no concerns about starting new wars, just ending one."
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On Military ForceThe US should employ military force when it involves a vital national interest, when the objective can be attained, and with a strategy to depart after that objective is achieved.
Afghanistan failed on all counts.
Afghanistan is not of strategic interest to the US. We never had a clear objective nor a plan to leave, Then the mission morphed into national building.
On Human TragedyAfghanistan is humanitarian tragedy, but the United States cannot cure every such tragedy in the world – nor do we have much ability to even if we wanted as Afghanistan proves.
There are many nations, many in Africa, where there are similar humanitarian tragedies, but the US cannot invade those countries as well.
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Whom to Blame?Bush, Trump, Obama, neocons, and editorial warmongers on the Right and Left for perpetuating a mess we never should have been involved with in the first place.
Now the WSJ wants to stay in to leave right. It reminds me of Nixon's "Peace With Honor" speech in 1968. US troops finally left on March 29, 1973.
At the peak, the US had 549,000 troops in Vietnam with 2.7 million serving. Yet, the US lost the war.
Occupations always fail as the opponent cares more about the outcome, has the luxury of time to wait it out, is willing to pay a greater price and plays on its home court.Saigon fell on April 30, 1975.
The WSJ seems to wish we were still there.
F[or] that. I congratulate Biden on leaving, assuming he does.'
- Mish,
'War Mongering Mainstream Media,' August 15, 2021
Context(The U.S. out of the Middle East) - '..Syria .. exit plan .. the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces .. the least apart in terms of their differing visions for the country..'(Peace) - '..Sadly, my generation had to relearn the lessons of Vietnam in Iraq and Afghanistan .. to do everything in our power to avoid more wars..''..skeptical of waging comprehensive counterinsurgency warfare in distant foreign lands.'Afghan President Ghani flees country as Taliban surrounds Kabul, August 15, 2021
'Ghani .. is not in control anymore..' - 'The Afghan military is in complete disarray..'Taliban capture of Jalalabad effectively leaves Kabul as the last major urban area under government control.