The attacks on civilians and retreating troops in Kabul were unconscionable. The victims were real people with real lives, whose loved ones will miss them. Whomever is responsible for their deaths needs to pay, dearly.

And we need to talk about who that may be.
A couple weeks back, I remember cynically thinking to myself "just watch, ISIS or some other group is going to come out of nowhere and do a terror attack in Afghanistan, and the neocons will use it to push for more war."

Lo and behold.
IS-K is at war with the Taliban, and it's very possible that they used this moment of vulnerability to attack the US and instigate a US response that would bolster ISIS recruitment and hurt the Taliban's newly-formed government.
It's also possible that we'll find out years from now what we've found out countless times over the past several decades:

That the US defense and intelligence community is playing all sides in order to ensure endless conflict (and crony military industrial complex profits).
Remember, the Taliban were originally the Mujahideen, who the US armed and supported in the 80s. ISIS and Al Qaeda have also been helped by the US multiple times.

In 2017, Hamid Karzai, the man the US first picked to be President of Afghanistan, said ISIS was a tool of the US.
Also in 2017, a Conflict Armament Research report said the US and Saudi governments were supplying weapons to ISIS.

If nothing else, the US government set these events in motion.

And it may be much worse than that.

Regardless, it needs to end.
Not one more service member or civilian can be used as fodder for this disgusting imperialist war policy.

Congress must repeal AUMF, end the wars, bring the troops home, and stop letting the Pentagon, crony corporations and central banks run the show. They've done enough damage.
Incidentally, if it turns out that the US has been arming all sides of this conflict, even the ones attacking us, it wouldn't even be close to the first time.

Here's a recent example.

latimes.com/world/middleea…

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Each one has a story.

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The War on Drugs has created and empowered drug cartels.

The War on Terror has created and empowered terror groups.

The War on Poverty has made poverty permanent for tens of millions of Americans.

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Abortion is a gruesome practice. There are good ways to greatly reduce the number of them.

Government is the absolute last group I want involved, especially since most abortions are done for economic reasons, and government is most to blame for creating those economic problems.
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Now apply that to abortion.
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This weekend, I will be back in FLORIDA for an action-packed 3 days of fun to support some incredible Libertarian candidates and causes, and you're invited!
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REGISTER HERE: miketermaat2022.com/dinner
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David Lee Espinoza
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Many more were toddlers when it began.

It's long past time to end this.
Bring the troops home.

No "enduring presence".

No "vigilance in the region".

This is never going to end if we don't bring them home.

All of them.
There is always going to be an IS-K, or a Haqqani Network, or a Taliban, or some other new boogeyman, because the reality is the people of those countries are never going to stop fighting the invasions and occupations.
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