Several days ago I reported that a Pentagon spokesman called the Taliban an “important partner” in the Afghanistan “reconciliation process.” Now the U.S. embassy in Kabul is denying that. Can you imagine this confusion arising at any other point in American history? Can you imagine the Pentagon calling the Nazis an “important partner” in the […]
Pentagon: Taliban “important partner” in Afghan “reconciliation process”
Why, then, did U.S. forces go into Afghanistan at all? The whole operation has been a bloody, futile waste. And there is still no end in sight. “US sees Taliban as reconciliation partners: Pentagon,” Pakistan Today, November 5, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann): US is no longer conducting counter-terrorism operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan because […]
Afghan Taliban’s reach is widest since 2001
A war with no point, no purpose, no goal. A massive waste of American lives and resources. And no accountability for those responsible. They remain in power and keep making the same policy mistakes, based on the same false beliefs, again and again and again. “Afghan Taliban’s Reach Is Widest Since 2001, U.N. Says,” by […]
Taliban take 4th Afghan district in 48 hours
Watch for the Pentagon to issue a detailed map explaining how they’re losing, any minute now. “Taliban take 4th Afghan district in 48 hrs,” ANSA, October 2, 2015 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSA) – Kabul, October 2 – The Taliban on Thursday night took their fourth Afghan district in 48 hours, Warduj in the northeastern province […]
Taliban jihadis screaming “Allahu akbar” vow to bring Sharia to captured city of Kunduz
Sharia is already the highest law of the land in the constitution of the U.S.-backed Afghan regime, so it is unclear exactly what difference the Taliban are proposing to make. And that’s part of the problem: there is no significant difference in outlook between those we support and those we’re fighting in Afghanistan. “Taliban vow […]
Taliban attack Pakistani military base, killing 29
But…but…a homemade clock! A 14-year-old boy! “Islamophobia!” To be concerned about the root causes of these ongoing murderous attacks would be “racist” and “bigoted.” “Brazen Taliban attack on Pakistani military base kills 29,” by Riaz Khan and Zarar Khan, Associated Press, September 17, 2015: PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Suspected Taliban militants launched a brazen attack on […]
Islamic State claims that Pakistan Taliban leader Adnan Rashid has pledged allegiance to its caliphate
Breaking News: Adnan Rashid commander of #Taliban Pakistan pledge allegiance to Islamic State. #Pakistan #TTP #KPK pic.twitter.com/wO1R8cKgUa — ابو طالوت الخراساني (@abutalut7) September 14, 2015 So claims Abu Talut Khorasani, who claims himself to be an ex-Taliban commander who has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. The Islamic State is making a concerted effort to […]
Al-Qaeda top dog pledges to implement Sharia and continue jihad
He pledged this in the process of pledging allegiance to Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the new Taliban top dog. But it raises yet again the ever-recurring question: why is it that those Muslims who are most concerned with Sharia and jihad are those who, according to all Western non-Muslim governing authorities, actually know nothing about Sharia […]
Afghanistan: Jihadis murder 44, injure hundreds in wave of bombings
Once the U.S. troops are entirely gone or reduced to an insignificant symbolic presence, how long do you think the Kabul government will last before it is toppled and the Taliban is back in power? Months? Weeks? Days? The entire U.S. incursion into Afghanistan has been wrongheaded, mismanaged, goalless, rudderless, and monstrously wasteful. “44 dead, […]
Ex-Soviet army officer who converted to Islam guilty on jihad terror charges
Why was Irek Hamidullin tried in a Virginia court? He is an enemy combatant. He was fighting the U.S. as part of the Taliban’s war against the U.S. If the U.S. had brought every Nazi officer it captured to the U.S. and made him stand trial, it would have slowed down the war effort, perhaps […]