Posted on 09/01/2021 2:20:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
The catastrophic implications of the incompetent U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan are difficult to exaggerate. The effects of this debacle are apt to reverberate well beyond the lifetime of anyone reading this, for there can be no doubt that this perceived Taliban victory has infused new life into the Islamist campaign against the West. The roots of Islamism run deep and cannot be reduced to the kinds of conspicuous and easily understandable complaints that are often identified as "root causes" of violent political outbursts. Violent Islamism was invented as an effort to make sense of and reverse the Islamic world's perceived decline, and this is what drives the Islamists to prosecute a holy war against the West.
Islam's history began with a series of sweeping triumphs, as disparate tribes united under a single religious confession and conquered vast swathes of territory, eventually growing into a great civilization. These early successes were seen as proof that the Muslim community enjoyed God's favor. The Islamic world rivaled the West in wealth, power, and influence; it was a dynamic and effective competitor on the world stage. It no longer is, and has not been for centuries. The Muslim world stands diminished, divided, and overshadowed. To the Islamists, the only explanation for this tragic turn of events is that God has withdrawn his favor from the Muslim community, and this could only mean that the Muslim community had ceased to heed the teachings of God's messenger, Muhammad. To the Islamists, a religious revival is key to regaining what they see as their rightful place in the world, and this revival requires the embrace and prosecution of violent jihad.
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We did so much for this puppet government. We propped it up. We financed it. We supplied it with an air force and great land hardware.
Yet once we began leaving, our "Afghan allies" collapsed overnight. Despite their superior weapons and numbers, they didn't even try to defend "their freedoms!" (which the Neocons claim the Afghans cherish so much).
Now our "Afghan allies" expect us to welcome them to the U.S., feed and house them, provide free health care, and eventually send them to college where they can slander us for our "white supremacy."
Enough of the Vietnam model. Time for the World War II model. Total war. No quarter.
We were not at war with the Afghans. We were trying to help them build a free nation. They clearly didn't want it, judging from the celebrations that occurred after the Taliban's takeover.
Let's just learn our lesson. The next time we're attacked, let's just clobber whoever is responsible and leave.
Industrial Military Complex needed this 20 year war to justify, test, and sell congress and our allies on the weapons of war. It’s the gift—for them—that has kept on giving.
Disgusting.
This is what 0bama called for and worked for.
It took him 3 terms, but he and his Muslim brotherhood backers are getting their way.
Phoenix; Denver; Jacksonville, Florida; Atlanta; Chicago; Baltimore; St. Louis; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; northern New Jersey; Las Vegas; Buffalo; Cleveland; Portland; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Austin; Dallas-Fort Worth; Houston; and Salt Lake City.
A few years ago I would have written that off as a conspiracy theory, but not any more.
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