Tag: Pentagon
Pentagon rankled by congressmens’ stunt, arriving in Kabul uninvited (Full show)
Representatives Moulton (Massachusetts-D) and Peter Meijer (Michigan-R) essentially snuck into Afghanistan on a chartered flight, surprising and embarrassing the Pentagon. The stunt also delayed the evacuation of two refugees and diverted time from the mission. In the meantime, guards and personnel have left the US embassy eerily vacant. …
Chaos in Kabul while Pentagon plays dumb (Full show)
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. …
US ‘preparing for World War III’ with global war games (Full show)
US naval and marine exercises across 17 time zones and especially those staged in the near abroad of Russia and China are being widely condemned as acts of provocation. Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof weighs in. He blames the vestigial Cold War mentality reigning in the aging US leadership for Washington’s geopolitical posturing and says the Pentagon seems bent on intimidating the world with its military superiority simply “because we can.” …
