Bill Roggio, Long War Journal: US military continues to spin a Taliban victory against Islamic State as its own
In the Department of Defense’s latest quarterly report on Afghanistan, the US military claimed the Taliban’s victory against the Islamic State Khorasan Province in Jawzjan over the summer as its own. The US military’s claim highlights just how desperate it is to report success in Afghanistan, and how infrequent those successes are in reality.
At the end of July 2018, the Taliban massed its forces and targeted a large cadre of Islamic State fighters that were based in Darzab district in Jawzjan. The Taliban operation was decisive; the Islamic State was routed. More than 150 of the 600 Islamic State operatives based in the district were killed and an estimated 100 more were wounded. Another 134 were captured by the Taliban. [See FDD’s Long War Journal report, Taliban says Islamic State has been ‘completely defeated’ in Jawzjan.]
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WNU Editor: The U.S. military message on Afghanistan is all over the place. On the one hand the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan wantse talks with the Taliban to end the war .... ‘This is not going to be won militarily’: Top US commander in Afghanistan reveals pessimism (Military Times). On the other hand, the same commander talks about launching a new military offensive .... New U.S. commander in Afghanistan says we're going on offense against the Taliban (NBC). On a positive note, the Taliban appear to be just as screwed up .... Taliban vs. Taliban clash in Afghanistan’s west leaves 40 dead (Stars and Stripes).
12 comments:
Proxy wars tends to be fundamentally stupid on all sides.
Proxy wars are about shifting the ground beneath an opponents feet if you dare not try a direct confrontation.
As that is the purpose, then they must be fought.
Afghanistan did nit start as a proxy war. It started because the Taliban, the government of Afghanistan would not hand over war criminal Osama bin Laden.
If the Taliban had handed him over there would not have been any casus belli.
Capisci?
Either way I do not care. They started it, we will finish it.
Enjoy the suck; We will!
Come on. Give it to the US military. They need a boost to their collective morale.
Osama is long gone and the US is still there. Must by the RAE recently discovered. In addition to wanting to be close to Russia, and of course the pipeline.
Yeah the tonnes of u.s ordnance have nothing to do with it lol
Come on give up to Bob Huntley.
He is not sure if he retired from the banking industry or is an elevator mechanic.
He is not sure if he is separated but still married after 30 years or is getting alimony.
He is not sure if he has 1 or 2 girl friends.
Doughhead is sure he hates the United States and he tells us all the time.
There never has been such a shrill little man of so little accomplishment.
Canada should deport him to Habana.
Anon
"There never has been such a shrill little man of so little accomplishment."
Look in a mirror if you know what that is, have access to one, and can stand to see the sad image there.
The war will never be won. Unless you go all in. Maybe battles, but not the war.
Bob Huntley the childless, wifeless, never made his mark old man, who is now 70 something.
At least you have the accomplishment that you were a complete a-hole to take with you when you pass due to old age.
Bob,
I am doing good thankyou. I am in an enchanted state watching flying spiders.
It did not start well, but after 3 hours it was a productive day for me. Learned a lot.
I suppose you had to make your daily decision to see GF1, GF2, or Mary. Poor dude.
Bob obviously you don't see the writing trend- that's Smith giving you shit. Haha he's a freak
What is freaky about holding a worthwhile job, being competent at it, paying taxes, raising college grads, etc.
Contrast that to Bobbie boy, who is divorced or separated, claims to be a playah at 70+ with 2 girlfriends, and does nothing but consistently spew anti-American shit.
Oh and Bobby is just a wee bit confused about what he did do, when he was working. He is not sure, if he was a bank teller or a mechanic.
Bob is a timid person with occasional violent verbal outbursts, who is some pundits call castrati. White Liberals have effectively castrated themselves, because they have to apologize for literally everything.
Bob should be on an anti-depressant.If he can't get that I'll send him a year's supply of Viagra so he can satisfy his 2 girlfriends. I won't feed the meter though.
Smith dude take a breath
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