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Representative, Crystallized Moment in the Afghan War

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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. . . .”

The Amer­i­can Deep State by Peter Dale Scott; Copy­right 2015 by Peter Dale Scott; Row­man & Lit­tle­field [HC]; ISBN 978–1‑442‑1424‑8; p. 78.

. . . . 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.”) . . . .

Discussion

2 comments for “Representative, Crystallized Moment in the Afghan War”

  1. 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.

    Posted by Robert Ward Montenegro | April 16, 2021, 12:41 am
  2. @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

    Posted by Dave Emory | April 16, 2021, 6:35 pm

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