“No disciplinary action” is a slap in the face of global public opinion
Kirby and Milley spoke on camera on how they had seen secondary explosions. The initial statement from the Pentagon said “multiple” terrorists had been killed. The initial statement said no civilians had been killed!
Biden has yet to apologize to the surviving members of this family. He would take the opportunity to speak at length about the death of his son, so maybe better this way
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I think one could make the case China is today a threat to the US while Russia is not because the US never won the Cold War in Asia. Lost in Vietnam which is today ruled by a communist party
Also the destruction of Vietnam removed a limit on Chinese power and made China’s rise easier from 1975 to 2000. So Vietnam defeat is a large part of the reason US is today under pressure from China
Something Mao understood well: that America’s defeat in Vietnam was critical to China’s rise over 50 years. Vietnamese political and economic weakness out of the war was a bonus
I think this is correct. Biden’s speech went much farther it looks at first. He argued for a radical curtailment of US power politi.co/3Dy1s4E
The crucial element — one that will have been noted in Beijing — and potentially a major strategic blunder is that Biden did not just criticize the use of military power in Afghanistan, he promised never to use it in a *case like Afghanistan*
What is a case like Afghanistan? Well, a moment’s analysis will show it is every relevant case of geopolitical tension today
They described human flesh stuck to the walls. Bones fallen into the bushes. Walls stained red with blood. Shattered glass everywhere.
Talking about one of the younger boys, Farzad, a neighbour said: “We only found his legs.”
“We are all Afghan, we know what a car laden with explosives would do if it was struck from the sky,” said Abdol Matin, a neighbour who grew up with the Ahmadi children. Matin does not buy Washington’s claim that they had conducted a precise strike on an enemy target.
So people think the Belt and Road will not prosper in Afghanistan? Well... Most people still think it is about roads and trains. There won’t be many of those. But think for example of a system of digital surveillance. It fits perfectly with both China’s and the Taliban’s plans
Why would China be unhappy about a world where it can create this system for Afghanistan? Until this week it couldn’t
So even if not a lot of lithium is extracted other things will be extracted
I was flying to Kabul when US embassy issued its first alert telling Americans to leave immediately. August 7. I remember clearly because I was monitoring my own security. Got it on the airplane
Compare to previous alerts which were the usual be careful, consider leaving, watch your surroundings — language the State Dept uses for many places around the world all the time (including extremely safe places)