SUNDAY 6 MARCH 2022 MSNBC Commentator talking about Putin: “He’s made a mistake.” (Note: This is part of the “Putin will defeat himself” narrative. Ergo, we don’t have to do anything.) Velshi says: “This is going to be like Afghanistan.” What Velshi means is that the Russians have involved themselves in a quagmire and thisContinue reading “UKRAINE: UPDATE: “Putin will defeat himself” narrative, Afghanistan, no-fly zone, Zelensky, Azov Battalion”
Tag Archives: Afghanistan
How They Would Survive
It is as if Afghanistan has ceased to exist for the corporate media. If you would like to hear what the situation is like in Afghanistan, listen to this podcast. NYT The Daily https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/an-economic-catastrophe-in-afghanistan/id1200361736?i=1000545034424
Richard Engel: On Assignment, Afghanistan
On Assignment with Richard Engel about Afghanistan is well worth watching. https://www.facebook.com/OARichardEngel/
“Over-the-Horizon” Foreign Policy” Afghanistan
Pundit after pundit in the corporate media has given the U.S. military enormous credit for coming clean and admitting to the world that they made a “mistake” with the drone strike that killed 10 people in Afghanistan, including 7 children. It seems evident, however, that the military would have never admitted the tragic error hadContinue reading ““Over-the-Horizon” Foreign Policy” Afghanistan”
NEWS RUNDOWN: WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMER 2021
News Rundown The BBC is reporting that women staging a protest in Afghanistan were met with pepper spray by the authorities. They were demanding the right to work. Taliban leaders have said that women will not be given senior roles in the new government (BBC 9/4/1). Fighting is still going on in the Panjshir ValleyContinue reading “NEWS RUNDOWN: WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMER 2021”
I Hope I’m Wrong: Afghanistan and biden
From an interview this morning with Leon Panetta, it seems likely that members of the corporate Democratic Party elite are advising Joe Biden to come out and take responsibility for the decision to precipitously withdraw from Afghanistan, and to admit that it was a mistake. It has been reported that when Joe Biden was ViceContinue reading “I Hope I’m Wrong: Afghanistan and biden”
IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY: UNDERSTANDING AFGHANISTAN
If you are interested in understanding how we got into this situation in Afghanistan, this book has been out for years. Warning: It will enrage you.
“it was not the outcome we had anticipated”: afghanistan
During the past few weeks the corporate news media has been studiously ignoring the disastrous military and humanitarian crisis shaping up in Afghanistan. They have been doing so, I think, because the crisis makes Biden look feckless, ruthless, and incompetent. For so long, there was almost nothing on the corporate news, but every day itContinue reading ““it was not the outcome we had anticipated”: afghanistan”
THE DEVIL HIMSELF: ERIK PRINCE
While corporate media pundits spend time interviewing each other about interviews they have done ( Lemon interviewing Tapper about his interview with Biden, dogs sniffing assholes) and touting their books (Maddow and Scarborough), Trump has dangerously upped the ante in the crime spree that has been the Trump/Republican administration. They are stealing billions from theContinue reading “THE DEVIL HIMSELF: ERIK PRINCE”
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