Withdrawing from Afghanistan on 20th Anniversary of 9/11

 

When the Biden administration announced that Afghanistan's troop withdrawal target to be on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I didn't know whether to laugh, puke, or both. I mean, really, is there some irony here that I'm missing? Originally the excuse to invade the country was to track down Osama bin Laden and Al Quida to respond to 9/11. Bin Laden was never found, and once the military arrived, they couldn't tell the difference between their allies and the enemy. The Taliban became the enemy, and the US and their allies have been fighting them for 20 years without any result whatsoever. In fact, per reports, the Taliban currently run over 80% of Afghanistan, so what was the point of being there the last 2 decades? Five reasons: war strategy, oil, minerals, opium, and feeding the weapon manufacturers...that's it.

The United States and their allies have been on a killing spree for 2 decades, murdering and maiming the indigenous people of Afghanistan, all for the above said reasons. This has gone way beyond a joke and has reached pure psychopathy.

What is disappointing and obvious for the US government; the Trump administration signed a document with the Taliban to withdraw troops this May 2021. Now the Biden administration moves the target ahead to commemorate the birthday of one of the most egregious acts of terrorism seen in my lifetime. Who do these political ass-holes think they're kidding? To quote a well-known line: “Something is rotten in the State of Denmark.” The stinking rot is the military and the permanent government, which call all the shots regarding American foreign policy.

Understanding the number of lies told us by our governments since Operation Desert Storm, and the “fight against terrorism” including the second Iraq war, my view that there will be a substantial withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is highly unlikely. The best I see is the withdrawal of 'government troops,' only to be replaced by mercenary organizations to continue profits for the War Machine. There is a vast wealth of minerals, oil, and opium in Afghanistan. The military Industrial Complex relinquishing control of this wealth is again, highly unlikely, if not a fully-fledged fantasy.

As long as we continue to buy into the lies and propaganda that our governments spew daily through our mainstream media, these wars will remain perpetual and the death and destruction of humanity for profit will become the mainstay of our culture.

I really don't know how these sociopaths in government believe they can get away with targeting the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on the 20^th anniversary of 9/11. At best, this is a joke, believing that we as a people are illiterate-stupid; more accurately, they're rubbing our noses in it and laughing all the way to the bank.

PS.

War has changed. While these ignorant and corrupt politicians spout cliched "talking points," the empire's intentions will never be over. Again the "rules" have changed.