Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
While Colbert’s commentary, as usual, is just warmed-over Pelosi-speak with an invisible veneer of “comedy,” it’s also revealing about liberalism:
They do believe the War on Terror should not end but be transferred to domestic politics, with Trump voters treated like Al Qaeda.
Faisal Ibrahim Al-Shamry
@Mr_Alshammeri
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A group of tweets analytical 1. Why Afghan forces did not fight # Taliban
in this very sad day after President Biden , the word defense that the United States did not take into account the size of the international ocean and were directed to the American voters to defend and justify the failure of security and intelligence
A dark day in US history. But why did the Afghan forces collapse so quickly? There are a number of factors that likely contributed to the very rapid collapse. Al-Qaeda Afghan security forces on the battlefield were not defeated, but the leaders of the Afghan National Army negotiated at the district level
3- Boycotts of surrender deals. This indicates that morale has completely collapsed. The Taliban’s seizure of power was virtually bloodless, at least in terms of the major battles. Based on my knowledge and contact with Afghan journalists and civil society institutions, the agreement and consensus is that officials and political leaders have been injured.
4- Frustrated due to the Biden administration’s decision to withdraw completely and the lack of a simple American force as in the past five years, or an American promise to support the Afghan government and the Afghan army if the Taliban backed by the Pakistani intelligence and the Revolutionary Guards advance, which agreed with China to preserve China’s interests
5- Inside Afghanistan. No US support for the Afghan government or the army. Note that the Taliban has already received military, intelligence or diplomatic support from most of the major governments in the region: Pakistan, Russia, Iran and even China.
6- About Chinese support for the Taliban a little more than two weeks ago, between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Taliban leader Mullah Baradar. China has publicly indicated that it supports the Taliban. China will be one of the first countries to recognize the Taliban. To maintain its mining projects and that the Taliban will not support the Jordan Valley Muslims of China.
7. Instead of fighting the Taliban, which had the support of most of its neighbors, the Afghan security forces chose to surrender rather than fight them. The fight would have been suicidal. This raises a set of questions about the “winners” and “losers” in Afghanistan.
8- Let’s be realistic. The United States of America suffered from the initial goals of defeating Al-Qaeda and destroying the Taliban. It succeeded in it but failed in the strategy later on. The way out is very shameful, a major intelligence failure and a geopolitical defeat on behalf of China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran. If America wants to focus on China
9- Afghanistan is part of this equation. Authoritarianism, religious extremism, and the suppression of basic human rights and women. China, Russia and the regional powers Pakistan and Iran are the biggest winners and the biggest victors. Not the best watch for the USA. The United States of America will probably suffer for years from what happened
I have a question, if you would please. Why is it rumored that there is a greater strategic goal and that is why the United States of America withdrew from Afghanistan? Like what happened with Iraq, which is the creation of a new enemy (Iran) and disregarding Israel, which was the first enemy of the countries in region
An important question because the Arab mind cannot comprehend that the United States of America is making strategic mistakes and that they often do not plan in the aftermath of the invasion. Just as the Obama administration has tried to change the regimes allied to it, such as the Hosni Mubarak regime, to a quasi-democratic regime, to a political Islam.