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The US and UK Got Things So Wrong in Afghanistan Because They do Not Understand the Afghan Way of War BY PATRICK COCKBURN,230821
The US and UK Got Things So Wrong in Afghanistan Because They do Not Understand the Afghan Way of War
The Taliban May Pretend to Show Moderation, But the Murderous Reality is Far Different BY PATRICK COCKBURN, Counterpunch, 240821
The Taliban May Pretend to Show Moderation, But the Murderous Reality is Far Different
Outcome of US interventions is blood in the sand: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Irish Examiner, 190821
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40361819.html The wanton waste of a 20-year unnecessary war. “Less than 2% of the US spending on Afghanistan, and probably far less than 2%, reached
Year Zero could be coming to Kabul as Taliban imposes its new order: Patrick Smyth, Irish Times; 230821
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/year-zero-could-be-coming-to-kabul-as-taliban-imposes-its-new-order-1.4652018
West hopes rebranded Taliban can save it from further embarrassment: Nelofer Pazira, iRISH tIMES, 210821
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/west-hopes-rebranded-taliban-can-save-it-from-further-embarrassment-1.4652117
MILITARY SPENDING: ROGER COLE, LETTER IN IRISH TIMES, 230821
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/eu-military-expenditure-1.4652034
Even the crisis in Afghanistan can’t break the spell of Britain’s delusional foreign policy: Owen Jones, The Guardian, 190821
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/19/afghanistan-crisis-britain-foreign-policy-delusional?fbclid=IwAR0zbDL0lU-_BLdL3sr2yAuEIVmX044I9y7fUqhpIKA17y12vrT1PJaeR5E If historians of the future wish to understand the ignorance and hubris that accompanied the decline of the west’s power, this week’s emergency parliamentary
On the fall of Kabul: Dave Kellaway asks what the lefts attitude should be to the changing situation
On the Fall of Kabul