1) The U.S. military will not conduct airstrikes to support the ANDSF against the Taliban, Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of CENTCOM, said. This was entirely predictable. President Biden wants to end this so-called endless war. However the war - the Endless Jihad - will continue.
2) From @VOANews
“That would be the reason for any strikes that we do in Afghanistan after we leave, (it) would have to be that we’ve uncovered someone who wants to attack the homeland of the United States, one of our allies and partners,”
voanews.com/usa/voa-exclus…
“That would be the reason for any strikes that we do in Afghanistan after we leave, (it) would have to be that we’ve uncovered someone who wants to attack the homeland of the United States, one of our allies and partners,”
voanews.com/usa/voa-exclus…
@VOANews 3) In other words, the U.S. military will only conduct "over the horizon" strikes against terrorists plotting to attack the U.S. or allies. Read: the Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, etc. Not the Taliban.
@VOANews 4) Of course, this skirts the fact that the Taliban continues to shelter and support Al Qaeda. @LongWarJournal has reported this for well over a decade. Read the UN's latest report if you don't believe us:
undocs.org/en/S/2021/486
undocs.org/en/S/2021/486
@VOANews @LongWarJournal 5) The Taliban-Al Qaeda alliance is the nasty truth that three successive administrations (Obama, Trump, Biden) have ignored in order to justify the withdraw from Afghanistan.
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