Posts Tagged ‘Soviet Union’
American Troops in Afghanistan Surpass Peak Soviet Troop Levels
Asia Times | By Pepe Escobar | 9 Sep 2009 Enduring Freedom until 2050 And it's one, two, three what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn next stop is Vietnam - Country Joe and the Fish, 1969 After eight long years, now more than ever, the United States invasion and (partial) occupation of Afghanistan is on a roll, [...]
American Military Aircraft Being Used to Smuggle Afghan Drugs — Hamid Gul
Foreign Policy Journal | by Jeremy R. Hammond | 12 August 2009 Ex-ISI Chief Says Purpose of New Afghan Intelligence Agency RAMA Is ‘to destabilize Pakistan’ In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy Journal, retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul responds to charges that he supports terrorism, discusses 9/11 and ulterior motives for the war on [...]
“We will be defeated in Afghanistan”
TruthDig | By Chris Hedges | 20 July 2009 War Without Purpose Al-Qaida could not care less what we do in Afghanistan. We can bomb Afghan villages, hunt the Taliban in Helmand province, build a 100,000-strong client Afghan army, stand by passively as Afghan warlords execute hundreds, maybe thousands, of Taliban prisoners, build huge, [...]
