| The Disastrous Failure in Afghanistan (Part One) (Copyright) by Richard Markland (London, Ohio) |
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| The words “shocking,” “dismayed,” and “complete surprise,” have been expressed as the Taliban have swept across Afghanistan in blitzkrieg fashion, and provincial capitals have fallen like dominoes. In all actuality, what’s happening is tragic, disgraceful, and a global embarrassment, but it will never be admitted by the Biden administration. America’s allies are now questioning whether the United States can be relied upon, and is it simply a superpower in name only? Afghanistan will now be a training ground for terrorists and a safe haven. Not only is the region going to experience terrorist attacks, but America, Canada, and Britain will be targeted as well. It is not a matter of if, but when attacks become a reality in the West. Nothing positive has resulted from the longest war in America’s history. Any advances made for the Afghan people are now quickly being dismantled and destroyed. The moment America’s footprint was placed upon Afghan soil, it was inevitable that its presence would end up being a dismal failure. America no longer wins wars, but it is a superpower only when it comes to starting them. According to the Associated Press, August 14, 2021, “In all, 2,448 American troops, 1,144 service members from NATO and other allied countries, more than 47,000 Afghan civilians and at least 66,000 Afghan military and police died, according to the Pentagon and to the Costs of War project.” All for what? Multiple tours have taken a tragic toll on American soldiers who have returned home with the loss of arms and legs. Many are suffering from PTSD and will have mental problems the rest of their lives. The financial cost of between $1 trillion and $2 trillion has been completely wasted by a corrupt Afghan government that has viewed the American presence as a treasure chest. America’s presence simply staved off the inevitable. The war on terror is a dismal failure. The following report is equivalent to reading an obituary of the greatest foreign policy blunder in U. S. history. |
| Longest War: Was America’s Decades in Afghanistan Worth It? (Part Two) (Copyright) by Richard Markland (London, Ohio) |
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The Associated Press Saturday, August 14, 2021 “The U. S. war left the Taliban undefeated and failed to secure a political settlement. Taliban forces this past week have swept across two-thirds of the country and captured provincial capitals, on the path of victory before U. S. combat forces even complete their pullout. On many fronts, the Taliban are rolling over Afghanistan security forces that U. S. and NATO forces spent two decades working to build.” “This swift advance sets up a last stand in Kabul, where most Afghans live. It threatens to clamp the country under the Taliban’s strict interpretation of religious law, raising much of the gains.” “America expended the most lives, and dollars, on the most inclusive years of the war.” “The strain of fighting two post-9/11 wars at once with an all-volunteer military meant more than half of the 2.8 million American servicemen and women who deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq served two or more times, according to the Cold War project at Brown University.” “The repeated deployments contributed to disability rates in those veterans that are more than double that of Vietnam veterans, says Linda Bilmes, a senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University.” “Bilmes calculates the U. S. will spend more than $2 trillion just caring for and supporting Afghanistan and Iraq veterans as they age, with costs peaking 30 years to 40 years from now.” “That’s on top of $1 trillion in Pentagon and State Department costs in Afghanistan since 2001. Because the U. S. borrowed rather than raised taxes to pay for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, interest payments are estimated to cost succeeding generations of Americans trillions of dollars more still.” Personal comments: America’s failure to finish what it started will haunt the country for years to come. What’s taking place is far more significant than what many Americans realize. America’s pride has been broken. Leviticus 26:19- “And I will break the pride of your power…” It is worth noting that drought conditions are described in the same verse, the very conditions now facing the country. “…and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.” Verse 20 states financial problems will plague the U. S., and drought will occur. “And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.” Why is America under curses instead of blessings from God? Leviticus 26:15, 16- “And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhors (hates) my judgments, so that you will not do my commandments, but that you break my covenant. (16) I also will do this unto you…” The rest of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 explains in detail what is going to happen to the United States, the British descended peoples, and the Jewish people for disobeying God. America is now entering a time in which God’s judgment is upon the country. The disaster in Afghanistan is only the beginning of catastrophic setbacks for the U. S. |
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