Ben Thompson, CSM: Why are NATO and the US planning to stay in Afghanistan?
NATO said Wednesday it will keep its bases in Afghanistan open and possibly extend its mission there, while US officials may postpone the withdrawal of thousands of troops planned for later this year.
One day after announcing a defensive buildup in Poland and the Baltics, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) agreed to maintain its presence in Afghanistan as the United States reexamines whether it will follow through on the planned withdrawal of thousands of troops there later this year.
The US, which has seen more than 2,200 military fatalities in Afghanistan since 2001, had previously announced plans to scale back its force there of 9,800 troops by nearly half this year – although talk of keeping forces longer in Afghanistan has persisted for months. Now, the US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter could be considering an official reversal on the troop reduction pledge, according to a British official.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 15, 2016
ISIL’s long game is revealed by Syria’s south -- Hassan Hassan, The National
A Rough Patch in U.S.-Saudi Relations -- Bennett Seftel, The Cipher Brief
Did Islamic State claim credit for latest attacks too soon? -- AP
Does the US still need Saudi Arabia? -- Kim Ghattas, BBC
Obama’s Bitter Afghan Legacy -- Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate
South China Sea: China Willing to Pay the Price of Defiance -- Christopher Bodeen and Jim Gomez, AP
Coast Guard Commandant ‘Concerned’ About China’s Arctic Ambitions -- Yasmin Tadjdeh, National Defense
This Is Why China Got So Angry About Obama’s Meeting with the Dalai Lama -- Tara John, Time
How Mao's Cultural Revolution is shaping Chinese politics, half a century on -- Geraldine Doogue, ABC Australia
Made in Africa: Will Ethiopia’s Push for Industrialization Pay Off? -- Jonathan W. Rosen, WPR
Paramilitary Groups Ready to Defend Poland -- Monika Sieradzka, DW
In France we’ve lost our joie de vivre -- Agnès Poirier, The Guardian
Flood Of Weapons Makes Eastern Ukraine Ripe For Arms Trade -- Tony Wesolowsky, RFE
Venezuela: Oil shock and economic catastrophe -- Virginia Lopez, Al Jazeera
How did the U.S. security system miss this terrorist? -- Matt A. Mayer, CNN
Latest group seeking to curb US gun violence: military veterans -- Anna Mulrine, CSM
We will build a camp in the woods again," Piotr said, proudly recounting his latest parenting success. "My ten-year-old daughter can already eat raw deer meat and is learning to prepare meals made out of herbs." He says she is not as pale and weak as the other girls her age and doesn't spend her time with her smartphone or on her computer.
ReplyDeleteHis three-year-old son already knows how to use a bow and arrow. Piotr Czuryllo believes that the children's natural instincts should be cultivated. "Our family would survive any war," he said.
For how long? "As long as there is water."
FACE PALM!!!
I have news for the heirs of Pilsudski the fascist. Never mind militias. Never mind camps in the forest. If it comes to war with Russia, build coffins; that's all you'll need.
Mouth breathing moron, child endagerment,
DeleteToxoplamosis, E.Coli, Hepatitus E, bovine turburculosis, just a few of the dozens of parasites and diseases in raw venison.
Sometimes living nightmares can only be dampened by fantasmic fiction -- based on reality...
ReplyDeleteA vision of the future deranged, radioactive, fascist Pole, inbred mutant, bush family. Self righteous unconscious heirs to the Sawney Bean family legacy. Wes Craven eat your heart out-----before the Pilsudskies do!!. One day raw venison, the next, unwary apocalypse survivor brought down with an arrow (in the back) along the road to "the west".
No visa required.
Slowly tortured, slowly carved up and eaten.
DeleteJames Wan ( Saw), eat your heart out.
Anybody know a script writer?
ReplyDelete"Toxoplamosis, E.Coli, Hepatitus E, bovine turburculosis"
Those will be the kids' names.