Tag: US military presence

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘When will they learn’: Beijing taunts Washington, claiming Afghanistan is another example that military intervention doesn’t work

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Beijing has issued a further rebuke of Washington’s foreign policy, claiming the fall of Kabul further highlights that US military interventions aren’t working and that the vast war chest could have been better spent elsewhere. … Read More >‘When will they learn’: Beijing taunts Washington, claiming Afghanistan is another example that military intervention doesn’t work

Categories World

Biden Reportedly Assured Allies US Would Keep Force in Kabul to Ensure Security Before Taliban Blitz

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The United States, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and other US allies in NATO have shuttered their embassies in Afghanistan and evacuated diplomatic personnel following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban last Sunday. Washington hopes to evacuate all troops, diplomats, US nationals, and Afghans who assisted the occupation by 31 August. … Read More >Biden Reportedly Assured Allies US Would Keep Force in Kabul to Ensure Security Before Taliban Blitz

Categories Middle East

Gunfire, smoke grenades & barbed wire: WATCH Taliban & US troops struggle to ‘protect’ Kabul airport from desperate crowds

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Tensions are running high around the Kabul airport as US soldiers oversee a hasty evacuation following the Taliban takeover of the Afghan capital, with crowds of civilians desperate to flee the country seen pleading for help. … Read More >Gunfire, smoke grenades & barbed wire: WATCH Taliban & US troops struggle to ‘protect’ Kabul airport from desperate crowds

Categories Shows

Chaos in Kabul while Pentagon plays dumb (Full show)

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Despite possessing the world’s most sophisticated military minds and equipment, Pentagon officials don’t know how many Al Qaeda remain in Afghanistan. Or are they just playing dumb? In their vagueness before the Washington press corps, they may be bracing for domestic political blowback as the Biden administration doubles down on its swift withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of expensive failure despite opposition from both Democratic and Republican members of Congress. … Read More >Chaos in Kabul while Pentagon plays dumb (Full show)

Categories Shows

US puppets from the Shah to Saddam to Pinochet — Ghani too? (Full show)

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Rick Sanchez examines Ashraf Ghani’s ties to the US establishment and dares ask whether the deposed Afghan president ever had his own country’s interests in mind, then looks from the Dominican Republic to Chile to Iran to Iraq to elucidate the history of Washington’s foreign policy puppetry. … Read More >US puppets from the Shah to Saddam to Pinochet — Ghani too? (Full show)