One Sentence That Shows How Badly America Failed In Afghanistan -- Max Fisher, VOX
The US-led war in Afghanistan officially ended this week, after 13 long, hard, and costly years. The war's end is largely a technicality — US and other troops will remain, and the Afghan army is continuing to fight a losing war against the Taliban — but this is a still a symbolically rich moment in the winding down of Western involvement.
Few things sum up the bitterness of America's 13-year-effort in Afghanistan like the single sentence beneath this Al Jazeera headline, about NATO's ceremony officially "ending" the war. (Hat tip to Paul Szoldra, executive editor of the military news site WeAreTheMighty.com, for flagging this.)
Yes, that's right: the ceremony in Kabul honoring 13 years of mostly-American and British troops fighting and dying in Afghanistan had to be held in a secret location because the war has gone so badly that even the capital city is no longer safe from the Taliban.
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My Comment: This is what defeat looks like. I recall the Soviets doing the same thing when they withdrew Afghanistan in the 1980s .... the ceremony in Kabul was also done in secret.
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I remember the scene of Soviet troops crossing a certain bridge on the way home.
I am well aware of that picture(s). My uncle crossed that bridge the day before the cameramen showed up and the last Soviet soldiers left. But when I talked to him about the war, he mentioned how a month preceding the last withdrawal everything was being done in secret and in stealth. The reason being that when they had their withdrawal ceremony in Kandahar, in the middle of the ceremony the Mujaheddin had launched a motor attack. I suspect that some in NATO and in the U.S. military are probably aware of that history ... hence the secrecy in bringing down the colors and doing everything in secret in this last week.
ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR US ARMY +GOV THAT MAKES KOREAS =STALEMATE+DEFEAT. .VIETNAM=DEFEAT.. AFGHANISTAN =STALEMATE+DEFEAT. .LIBYA =DEFEAT.. SYRIA =STALEMATE+DEFEAT. .UKRAINE COUP+STALEMATE ?
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