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The Empire Does Not Forgive
The Americans, like the British and the Soviets before them, dug their own graveyard in Afghanistan. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost.com The Carthaginian general Hannibal, who came close to defeating the Roman Republic in the Second Punic War, committed suicide … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, American Empire, black ops, Carthage, Chalmers Johnson, CIA, Dictatorship, empire, fascism, geopolitics, Hannibal, history, imperialism, iraq, Kabul, Libya, mujahedeen, Roman Republic, Sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, State Terror, Syria, Taliban, US Foreign Policy, war, war on terror, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Did the US Support the Growth of ISIS-K in Afghanistan?
Regional players have long accused the US of supporting the group with midnight helicopter transport into Afghanistan. By Alexander Rubinstein Source: Mint Press News The list of governments, former government officials, and organizations in the region that have accused the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, Deep State, Empire, False Flag, Geopolitics, imperialism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, CIA, Daesh, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, Hadi Nasrallah, imperialism, Iran, iraq, ISIS-K, Kabul, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Mohammad Zahir Wahdat, NATO, Russia, State Terror, Syra, Taliban, Tom Gresbeck, war on terror, Zabihullah Mujahid
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Generation of Vipers: The Original Sin and Continuous Crimes of America’s Involvement in Afghanistan
By Chris Floyd Source: Empire Burlesque O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? – Matthew 12:34 I.People need to understand something about Afghanistan, and the debacle we’re witnessing there. America’s involvement in Afghanistan didn’t begin in 2001, after … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan Papers, Deep State, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, empire, geopolitics, George W. Bush, imperialism, Jimmy Carter, nation-building, Neocons, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Soviet Union, State Terror, Taliban, US Foreign Policy, USSR, war, war on terror, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Who’s to Blame for Losing Afghanistan?
By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well Who should we blame for losing Afghanistan? Why blame anyone? Did anyone expect the U.S. war in Afghanistan to end cleanly? If so, you bought the lies all along and the cold … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, culture, Deep State, Empire, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Biden, carter, Cheney, COIN, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, iraq, Military, Neocons, Petraeus, Reagan, Rumsfeld, State Terror, Surge, Taliban, Trump, US Foreign Policy, Vietnam, war, War Criminals, war on terror
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Kids die last as Biden plays tough guy: Humbled US Leaves Chaos and Mass Murder While Fleeing Afghanistan
By Dave Lindorff Source: This Can’t Be Happening America’s last days in Afghanistan offered a sickening display of all that was wrong with the $2.3-trillion, 20-year failed attempt by a blundering, self-congratulatory but decaying empire to have its way in … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, culture, Deep State, Empire, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, Authorization for Use of Military Force, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, ISIS, ISIS-K, Joe Biden, State Terror, Taliban, Technocracy, US Foreign Policy, war, War Criminals, war on terror, Zemari Ahmadi
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7 lies about Afghanistan
In covering the fall of Kabul, the Western media are mindlessly repeating seven lies of Western propaganda. By misrepresenting the history of Afghanistan, they mask the crimes committed in that country and make it impossible to foresee the fate that … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, black ops, CIA, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, news, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, black-ops, China, CIA, Daesh, Donald Rumsfeld, Emmanuel Macron, empire, France, geopolitics, George W. Bush, imperialism, iraq, Jacques Chirac, Kabul, Libya, Osama bin Laden, State Terror, Syria, Taliban, US Foreign Policy, war on terror
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‘Confirmed’ Has Become A Meaningless Word In Mainstream News Reporting
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Last week Politico published a major exclusive report that the “Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa” in retaliation for the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani earlier this year, citing (you guessed … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, CIA, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Afghanistan, anonymous government officials, Charlie Savage, CIA, corporate media, Dave DeCamp, Donald Trump, geopolitics, Gordon Lubold, John Hudson, Lana Marks, Mainstream Media, Media Literacy, Nahal Toosi, Natasha Bertrand, Politico, propaganda, Russia, Taliban, the new york times, The Washington Post, Western Media
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