The Giant of Kandahar is a well-known story in US military circles. Aidan Mattis and his team at The Lore Lodge YouTube channel do some superb storytelling and investigation work and recently tackled this legendary story, offering the script to us for our readers to enjoy. MH The Giant of […]
Afghanistan
Zemari Ahmadi, a longtime worker for a U.S. aid group in Afghanistan , along with nine others, seven of them children, were slaughtered in a drone attack; the last missile fired by US forces before their withdrawal. THEY CALLED IT “A RIGHTEOUS STRIKE”. I call it an act of pure evil. […]
Actually I suspect “plan” would be a more appropriate description for Afghanistan than “fault”, and Junior here was simply following the Poppy Bush and Cheney plan, but you get the gist…
So, what’s REALLY going on? Is the apparent Taliban “victory” in Afghanistan masking the true narrative? Kit Knightly Afghanistan has “fallen”, that’s the line. The Taliban forces have taken the opportunity of US/NATO withdrawal and swept across the entire country, taking every major city within a week and with barely […]
This is a repost of two items we posted here back in May and June. In light of recent events and Biden’s statement that he will “not repeat the past”, this makes for interesting context. THERE ARE MORE WAYS TO WAGE WAR THAN PUTTING TROOPS ON THE GROUND! Secretary of […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday said the US military has already begun so-called “over the horizon capabilities” for operations in Afghanistan, which is Pentagon jargon for spying on and bombing the country from outside its borders. Dave Decamp – AntiWar.com June 10, 2021 Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee that combat and surveillance […]
Troops on the ground aren’t the only measure of horrific warfare, writes Norman Solomon. A U.S. Army soldier watching U.S. Air Force fighter jets attack positions in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, Aug. 13, 2009. (U.S. Army, Matthew Moeller) ByNorman SolomonNormanSolomon.com When I met a 7-year-old girl named Guljumma at a refugee camp […]
We all like to think we are on the side of the good guys, but things are never that simple. by Martin Harris 21/11/20 Growing up in the UK in the 1970s, World War Two was still a relatively fresh topic among young boys. We thrilled to herioc, comic-book accounts […]
“Rogue”…or following an unofficial government policy of terror? MH The Sunday TimesSat, 01 Aug 2020 documentary evidence has emerged in a British court in which allegations are made about a “rogue” SAS unit accused of executing civilians in Afghanistan. The evidence had been withheld from earlier proceedings of the legal […]
In what’s already being hailed as a defining and explosive “Pentagon papers” moment, a cache of previously classified documents obtained by The Washington Post show top Pentagon leaders continuously lied to the public about the “progress” of the now eighteen-year long Afghan war. By Tyler Durden The some 2,000 pages of notes from […]