LIES
And while the outcome of the Afghanistan war is not preordained, we can almost predict the outcome, if the prior war is any example: a mighty superpower proclaiming victory but severely humbled, walking off the world stage, and learning, hopefully (for a generation anyway), the limits of military power.
- NO MORE AFGHANISTANS, J.M. Hamilton (7-31-2010)
By Gregg Wall (8-21-2021)
Finally, the United States has a POTUS, who is willing to bite the bullet and pull American troops, and America, out of harm’s way within Afghanistan, after nearly two decades of war. Trillions in taxpayer money burned in 9-11 wars, thousands of troops killed (American & NATO), tens of thousands more wounded, and approximately 30,000 suicides by American troops, since 9-11 wars began… and for what exactly?
Well, it turns out that the typical cabal of elites, that steal America blind every day, are entirely responsible. The Congress, the MSM, the Generals, the DOD, military contractors, and State Department are all complicit in a never-ending stream of lies directed at the American people, to perpetuate failed nation building. But, please, don’t take my word for it, the Washington Post has done a complete series on the lies - emanating from America’s so-called best & brightest’ mouths - surrounding the Afghanistan War.
But why should any of this surprise anyone? Whether its multi-trillion-dollar Wall St. bailouts, Big Pharma rip-offs, American privatized health care… War is just an extension of the elite self-enrichment scams the privileged and powerful pull on the public every day, while insisting that everyday Americans suffer austerity and navigate a collapsed and completely failed neoliberal economy.
Americans, of course, are onto the scam… some 60% are done with America’s failed forever wars, and POTUS Biden deserves tremendous credit for doing the right thing. What’s so hideous about these forever wars are the vampires that insist that America’s service personnel die, so that they can continue to steal with impunity. But what should we expect, these are the same vampires who preside over, and profit from, the opioid pandemic… and as long as the profits roll in, who cares if several hundred thousand Americans perish in an opiate haze.
It’s as if blood money and stolen trillions in public dollars, laundered through the stock market, somehow makes it all right & legitimate.
The litany of characters at fault for this latest collapse of American prestige includes but is not limited to: the last three POTUS, the U.S. congress, MIC contractors (which lobby for endless war), Wall Street, and America’s one percent, who profit from death, mayhem, and waste. For all the money America and allies have wasted on these wars, we could have resettled 1,000,000 Afghanistan women & children, integrated them into the West, and Western taxpayers would have still been trillions ahead (assuming $40,000 per individual). But despite the endless crying in the MSM media, about the plight of Afghanistan women, that was never the objective… the objective of endless war is endless looting.
Will American elites be prosecuted or held accountable… don’t hold your breath. The Afghanistan war won’t receive the scrutiny it deserves nor a review of the moral hazard surrounding these endless wars, which is this: A stock trading congress supports endless war, constitutionally is responsible for war, profits from endless nation building, but doesn’t have the courage to vote, not once, for the Afghanistan War & nation building. Meanwhile, MIC stocks soared. It’s disgusting and the people in charge are hideous monsters.
And yes, even our faithful European partners are responsible, too… not a one called out the last three presidents, proceeding Biden, for the abject excess & depravity of the Afghanistan nation building exercise. No, our European friends are perfectly happy to support America’s endless wars; as long as, American taxpayers and troops bear the brunt of these wars, and pick up the NATO tab. It’s all good.
At the end of the day, I’m having a very hard time finding much fault with our POTUS, in regards Afghanistan. Washington is such a hive of deceit, that the entire withdrawal enterprise – like war itself – was destined to collapse into chaos. American elites and generals spent twenty years lying to the public, propping up Afghanistan puppets and their mercenary battalions, and it all came crashing down in days and hours like a house of cards. Albeit, if America was withdrawing the troops, why did we leave 15,000 Americans behind? The only answers I can come up with are: greed and hubris.
And what comes next… A Hostage Crisis? Given that Americans, as of this writing, are having a hard time making it to the Hamid Karzai International Airport, we should expect the absolute worst, withdraw the troops by the scheduled deadline (8/31), and probably begin hostage negotiations. But don’t blame Biden… blame America’s failed foreign policy establishment, and the usual suspects named above.
And if there’s any lessons for Americans, it’s this… watch your back. Trust nobody, especially the scum, the villainy, and elites that run our country. Don’t be fooled by American degrees from leading universities and positions of power… the higher up Americans climb, the more corrupt they almost always are, and greater the amount of lies that issue forth from their mouths. Let's not fool ourselves, these are the very same people, who are presently burning down the planet in the name of Big Oil profits. American elites have taken lying to an art form.
The fear-mongering neocons, and their emissaries in the MSM, are hellbent on another war, and prognosticating terrorist doom already. And given America’s history of being sucked into war – by false flag events – these vultures will be working overtime to establish a pretext for the next war. This is the same cabal that was providing banking services and handing over billions to the Taliban, so that they could continue their precious – money machine – endless war efforts.
War is that big of a profit center for a predatory few.
Copyright JM Hamilton Publishing 2021
