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Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the 14th Waffen SS Division in Lviv, Ukraine in summer of 2018.
COMMENT: As Biden pivots from “Forever War,” as epitomized by the war in Afghanistan, to what may very well be World War III, in support of the OUN/B‑dominated national security apparatus of contemporary Ukraine, it is worth contemplating the stunning lack of regard the “Deep State” in this country has for its men and women in uniform.
” . . . . Just how subordinated official policy could become to deep state needs was demonstrated in November 2001, when Cheney, at the request of [Pakistan’s head of state] Musharraf and the ISI [Pakistan’s primary intelligence service], approved secret airlifts to ferry surrounded Pakistani and high-level al-Qaeda fighters out of Afghanistan, to safety in Pakistan. . . .”
. . . . Just how subordinated official policy could become to deep state needs was demonstrated in November 2001, when Cheney, at the request of [Pakistan’s head of state] Musharraf and the ISI [Pakistan’s primary intelligence service], approved secret airlifts to ferry surrounded Pakistani and high-level al-Qaeda fighters out of Afghanistan, to safety in Pakistan. (“Cheney took charge. . . . The approval was not shared with anyone at State, including Colin Powell, until well after the event. . . . Clearly the ISI was running its own war against the Americans.”) . . . .
As a veteran of forward combat operations on the border of Paktika Province, Afghanistan & South Waziristan, Pakistan, I can personally attest to the absolute brutality of US-sponsored forces in that theater of war.
More so, I can also attest to the astronomical amount of neglect & loathing the commanders & policymakers surrounding the conflagration in Afghanistan have for their own subordinates.
Three of my best friends were killed in Afghanistan:
United States Army SPC. Keith E. Grace Jr.
United States Army SGT. Jamar A. Hicks
United States Army SSG. Octavio “The Bean” Herrera
As far as I can tell, they, and everyone else who has died in the country since 2001 (including the Taliban operatives), has died for nothing.
I have nothing but contempt & fury for the persons who engineered that bloodbath.
Thank you, Mr. Emory, for having the balls to say what needs to be said.
The war in Afghanistan is a sham, & everything that the mass-media in the United States has published about it is a lie.
@Robert Ward Montenegro–
Again, thanks for the kind words. I am recording programs now, based on Peter Dale Scott’s “American Deep State.”
The utter contempt and loathing goes WAY back.
Just look at the picture at the top of this post!!
So much for the regard of this country for the American soldiers who died fighting in WWII!
“Gold Warriors” further documents this utter contempt.
Look what was done to Sterling Seagrave, whose father was Gordon Seagrave, General Stillwell’s head surgeon in Burma.
https://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-1106-reflections-on-the-passing-of-peggy-and-sterling-seagrave/
The late Iris Chang supported the troops–the Bataan Death Marchers in particular–and was murdered for her trouble.
https://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-1107-deep-politics-and-the-death-of-iris-chang-part-1-and-ftr-1108-deep-politics-and-the-death-of-iris-chang-part‑2/
What the U.S. courts, politicians and diplomats did to U.S. veterans in response to the suits to get redress from the zaibatsus for their enslavement during the war is equally obscene.
As someone who grew up revering the Allied combatants of WWII, this brings to mind the fabled words of a young Chicago Sox fan following the conviction of some of that team’s star players for throwing the 1919 World Series (the “Black Sox” scandal.)
When star first basemen and multiple .400+-seasons hitter Shoeless Joe Jackson left the courthouse following the judicial proceedings, a kid said to him: “Aw, Joe! Say it ain’t so!”
And Shoeless Joe Jackson replied: “It’s true, kid. All of it.”
The disheartened boy replied through his tears: “Well, I never would have thunk it!”
Indeed.
Me neither.
Best,
Dave