“The Afghanistan Papers”: Docs Show How Bush, Obama, Trump Lied About Brutality & Corruption of War

We speak with Washington Post investigative reporter Craig Whitlock, author of the new book “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War,” which reveals how multiple U.S. presidents deceived the public about progress in the war despite widespread skepticism among defense and diplomatic officials about the mission. “The public narrative was that the U.S. was always making progress. All these presidents said we were going to win the war, and yet, in private, these officials were extremely pessimistic,” says Whitlock. He also discusses miscalculations in the initial invasion of Afghanistan, the collapse of the Afghan security forces and how U.S. defense contractors have benefited from the last two decades of war.
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[@JeffreyGillespie]

We don't train foreign forces so they can be effective, we train them so we can set up obsolete weapons systems sales that benefit the shareholders of defense stocks.

[@damianbadboy7586]

Best Truth I Have Heard. Thanks Jeffery

[@haleybrown2836]

Definitely some truth to that. The German army was set up, and for which it paid, with outdated US arms.

[@arabicaroma9401]

Exactly.

[@bluehand9631]

Don't include me in that "we" shit. Do you have a mouse in your pocket?

[@karenshelton1240]

SICK AND CURSED!

[@dennismiller5725]

Begs the question of the cause for war in the first place. Afganistan did not create 9/11.

[@bannedone3ice138]

Oh my Lord. How can you state facts on the internet.

[@blkhistorydecoded]

Restructuring. The Afghan government was very corrupt. Also they r preparing it for the NWO.

[@haleybrown2836]

But it housed the architects of 9/11, namely Osama bin Laden. The initial goal was to rid Afghanistan of Al Qaeda. Within a year Al Qaeda was ousted and Osama bin Laden in exile hiding in Pakistan. Mission accomplished, it was time to leave.

[@bannedone3ice138]

@@haleybrown2836 Wrong. There were explosives rigged inside the buildings. Who put them there is the question to be asked. OBL was an asset during the soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He was brought to Afghanistan with thousands of other Arabs to fund and fight soviet invasion.

[@bpalpha]

"...some catastrophic and catalyzing event such as a new Pearl Harbor..." - PNAC

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

There is no "good" end to an illegal war

[@helenscott6991]

Lots of different ways or plans ,but this was not done right. Good plan ,just messy and very unmilitary done ,now the military is planning better. Just wish that the Taliban would chill out. still not finished yet.the right people our now in control to fix this mess.

[@bab00n15]

Nvr heard of a legal war.

[@seanteh7120]

Why the sudden outrage? Returned US troops have years shared about their misgivings about being ordered every night to raid afghan houses of suspected militants. Often the occupants were not as alleged but they suffered their homes been broken into, tied, humiliated, arrested...no wonder the civilians that hated Americans grew over time.

[@MrTaxiRob]

I can guarantee that most of the vets complaining right now never saw any action like that. On the other end of the spectrum are the special ops guys that live for that kind of stuff, but maybe those aren't the kind of people who should be walking around in a free society.

[@preeta8275]

EXACTLY! Remember Guantanamo returned Only ONE guilty verdict.

[@carmenthue-tun7512]

Please, can you tell me WHY the Afghanistan people did not back Commander Massoud"s son in RESISTANCE to fight against the talibans and Daesh ? .... that"s the one way to win FREEDOM for their country, after 40 years of wars .. .

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

@@preeta8275 Wow! Really?

[@AshrafAnam]

@Carmen Thue-Tun Are you insane? The Northern Alliance is composed of the very rapist murderous warlords who destabilized the country with their reign of terror, kidnap, rape, murder, terrorial fights and extortion (women married or unmarried were kidnapped from their houses and raped, wife's breasts cut off in front of her husband to humiliate his honor, men murdered in front of their families, etc). It was the rise of the Taliban (after the rape case of a young girl) that put a stop to this, brought security and peace and ensured the protection of women. Why the f would any Afghan support the Northerners against the Taliban?

[@gerry4281]

now after all this has been revealed , Julian Assange should be released.

[@wandaprock1015]

Makes me think why Trump didn't pardon him , but pardoned the Taliban 🤔

[@AshrafAnam]

@Wanda Prick 'Cause the Taliban are economically poor and confined within Afghanistan. Assange has resources and his influence is international. Unlike Assange, Taliban doesn't pose any threat to the establishment.

[@RandleBeckford]

Already 23 dislikes from the military-industrial complex.

[@SuperTonyony]

Truth!

[@queenmommie8295]

Those are spirits of the fallen angels children of HaSatan. No the spirit in the man. APTTMHY

[@carbonara2144]

From the war-pigs.

[@itsallminor6133]

It's the military industrial complex that keeps the U.S. citizens alive.

[@preeta8275]

Dislikes from those who don’t want to hear the truth, who cannot accept how corrupt our govt is.

[@enriquillobribiesca5602]

When the Taliban first rose to power in the early 90s the production of opium was nearly eradicated. It was after the 2001 US invasion that warlords allied with the West started producing opium once again and heroin began flooding back into Europe and the rest of the world.

[@damianbadboy7586]

And That Is The Truth. Same Thing With Cocaine And The Contras And Nicaragua during the Reagan Era. You need money to fund these wars. Follow the money trail. All leads to CIA Or Military. Just like the 60s in Vietnam And The Burma Triangle and Heroin. Drugs Funds Wars. Without Them No Money For Wars

[@franklinpatterson3693]

Don't worry northern California is taking up the slack, Weed price is down and the growers are greedy

[@damianbadboy7586]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA Franklin! I am a weed grower in California! Your funny as hell! You have no mind! Must be a Trumpster Dumpster who believes Conspiracy Theories Like Most Republicans! I grow for people who use it for Medical Reasons Only! I have the lowest prices anywhere. I also help Cancer Patients And Make RSO For them for FREE If they are in the later stages of Cancer. What A Moron! I live in a tent all year long. Smoke is kicking my ass though from all the fires. Glad my growing season is done for 4 months.

[@queenmommie8295]

🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

Franklin is channeling Nixon and Nancy Regan. He still thinks that cannabis is a gateway drug. He is an outdated idiot.

[@saltysdigitaldive5381]

Was us leaving all the gear & treasure the Taliban compensation package? I would rather have healthcare

[@haleybrown2836]

It took courage for Biden to get us finally out of Afghanistan. It would be nice if he displayed the same courage and ousted our corrupt healthcare industry and gave us, what other industrialized nations had for decades and decades, universal healthcare. If he does that he will get this household's votes.

[@warmlycalculated390]

@@haleybrown2836 It makes me feel sick to say but Joe Biden has, by default, officially become the least bad president of my lifetime.

[@haleybrown2836]

@@warmlycalculated390 A great five star posting. Another posting I liked, we are the only advanced country which works at becoming a third world country.

[@khalilbonjol8711]

Healthcare industry is not considered part of military-industrial complex

[@AshrafAnam]

Thanks for indirectly helping the Taliban this way. The Afghans will genuinely pray for you in return for your tax expenditure on these weapons. Long live the Emirate. God is Most Great!

[@paulmakinson1965]

The way the Afghan people perceive the Taliban varies a lot. Rural communities tend to be more conservative and pro Taliban, city dwellers tend to dislike them

[@factanonverba7547]

And women all around adore them?

[@mk1st]

Kinda parallels the US in a way.

[@karrole88]

@@factanonverba7547 I see nowadays Afghanistan's women are your (2003 Saddam's) weapons of mass destruction. You are a low life coward just as your pathetic corrupt leaders.

[@johnpeterdean1653]

A bit like the USA, rural communities like the GOP and city dwellers like the Democrats. What does this tell you ????

[@mk1st]

@@johnpeterdean1653 It tells me that when you have more people living in higher density you need more commonly agreed upon rules. "I can do whatever I want" don't fly when you have neighbors all around you.

[@joycebutlerbutler9567]

That’s a lot of money! Senior citizens can barely afford their medical bills!

[@TobeornottooB]

That was the real intention of the Afghanistan war.

[@grateful3300]

If just 3 senior citizens had all the money we wasted in Afghanistan they could pay their medical/prescription bills for a full year! Maybe.

[@TobeornottooB]

@@grateful3300 What?

[@CSpad]

@@TobeornottooB 🤣 had the same thought.. someone needs a math refresher.. I know our medical system is a dysfunction cash cow but without money spent on Afghanistan , we could at least supply, what 10 seniors med bills?🙄

[@TobeornottooB]

@@CSpad It isn't "our" medical system and "we" didn't agree to waste tax dollars anywhere. That is just what happens when dual agents are in congress.

[@briankoski817]

Awesome interview. Too short though. I guess I need to buy the book. Good job Whitlock. Keep investigating!

[@jdsmith5060]

How can you call this non bias reporting when you clearly are owned by the same "Machine" that started that BS war? FACT !!! Its so disgusting how evil Your entire system of government and media, run by your war machine lies and destroys anything and everything that is not with your evil agenda. You ALL make me sick. Trump isnt owned by the machine and was the first to End to that BS war. Biden the NON elected president put in place by your satanic machine was directly involved in building up military involvement in Afghanistan FACT!

[@jimmyeatsword6421]

So...it was all about making money--SHOCKING.

[@meredithheath5272]

"Shocked, shocked, I tell you!"

[@TobeornottooB]

No. It was about wasting as much as possible.

[@robertrichard6107]

And they raised the Debt Ceiling to do it again for even more nuclear weapons.

[@TobeornottooB]

@@robertrichard6107 The debt ceiling is just a mass psychosis and delusion.

[@itsallminor6133]

No. Afganistan is strategic. Look at it on a map.

[@markherron6374]

It wasn't a war. We invaded to control the Heroin coming out of Afghanistan. The U.S couldn't control the main income stream, Heroin. 20 years and 500,000 troops over 20 years. ..

[@dcikaruga]

Exit strategy? What exit strategy? They're just packing up and leaving.

[@shripleypibbles]

We exited and strategically left plenty of weapons and supplies behind for the taliban

[@dcikaruga]

@@shripleypibbles Sounds more like running now, since they're leaving their baggage behind.

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

@@shripleypibbles any weapons left behind are permanently disabled. We will sell them brand new, but less capable weaponry

[@quinndawsonosgood5261]

@@dcikaruga the state department was telling Americans to get out in June I think

[@judicooke7533]

@@quinndawsonosgood5261 Started in April...

[@bluzcompany2293]

Nobody in history since time began has ever defeated the Afghans in a war ...

[@prinzonic9896]

How do you refer to those legitimate Afghan forces that lay down their weapons and fled for their lives, are they not Afghans that were defeated?

[@jaydiddat2127]

The boys sent to the religious schools where they R taught Islam and war

[@dannyduds1058]

@@prinzonic9896 afghan vs afghans.

[@NYCDurrani]

@@prinzonic9896 those guys used the US for a pay check and gear. Half those guys probably had brothers and cousins on the taliban side. The taliban clearly has the majority of the people outside of the capital on their side. I'd bet that a good percentage of the ANA that "quit" were taliban all along.

[@K1forMVP]

If you don't think the US dominated the Afghan's for the past 20 years from start to finish you need to have your head examined.

[@Booklook111]

We may just want to step back and take a look at ourselves. That means that our perspective, intent, approach, execution, and exit failed. We know that our government is being influenced by greed and corruption. We elected these folks. We need more “vetting” of our own representatives. Less corporate power, greed, and corruption influence on policy. Humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts toward sustainable relations with people and planet.

[@edwardroche2480]

Duh.......

[@factanonverba7547]

And a partridge in a pear tree

[@jeannieluna3009]

I couldn’t agree more.

[@briangriffin8106]

Unfortunately, it's 20 years too late for that. America is not a force for good in the world.

[@keirfarnum6811]

Unfortunately that’s not what the powers that be want. The economic empire goes back to the late 1800s, if not earlier. Look up “War is a Racket” by US Marine General Smedley Butler written in the 1930s.

[@ResistEvolve]

The Taliban eliminated the opium, right after they were toppled the opium came back!

[@robertrichard6107]

CIA black operations like Viet Nam.

[@SandraCrockett]

What kills me is we cannot afford Universal Health Care but we have unlimited money for the Military Machine???

[@christineribone9351]

Sandra. Always will be war first, health care later. The first creates enormous profit, the latter is an expenditure.

[@robertrichard6107]

@@christineribone9351 Not really, but you're heading in the right direction. All these socalled Judeo-Christian Congresspeople were brought up being taught the U.S. has to kill all the communists for Christ, then the Bush's switched it to Muslims.

[@christineribone9351]

@@robertrichard6107 Robert Richard I like your name! My thoughts on religion are controversial, I get a lot of negative responses to my comments. Everyone thinks THEIR religion is the.right one, they're going to heaven and every one else is going to hell. The true purpose of religious wars is to acquire resources and property, and to obtain power and control. It's done under the guise of forsaking God's name and his righteousness. Throughout history religious wars breed contempt, fear, and hatred resulting in the total annihilation of a certain group of people.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Crazy, isn't it!!!

[@christineribone9351]

@@HardRockMaster7577 Crae Crae!

[@anthonydietrich9581]

Opium Afghan economy, a repeat of opium economy under the British rule in China🤣 US copycat development..

[@claygreen4723]

Don't forget that FDR's grandfather made a fortune in the opium trade in China. This kind of thing has gone on for a LONG time.

[@AlteredState1123]

Great interview. I can see why we have conscientious tax protestors.

[@jdsmith5060]

How can you call this non bias reporting when you clearly are owned by the same "Machine" that started that BS war? FACT !!! Its so disgusting how evil Your entire system of government and media, run by your war machine lies and destroys anything and everything that is not with your evil agenda. You ALL make me sick. Trump isnt owned by the machine and was the first to End to that BS war. Biden the NON elected president put in place by your satanic machine was directly involved in building up military involvement in Afghanistan FACT!

[@dannyduds1058]

$300000000 a day spent in afganistan for 20 years. Yet we dont have universal healthcare

[@bernie4268]

Democracy Now is my essential news station. Thanks to all who bring the show to the world.

[@flowerdoyle3749]

As a US taxpayer...my mind is obsessively stuck on the phrase..taxation without representation. I may not agree with all our social programs but I'm more incline to help others than kill them so someone with buckets of money can make more buckets of money.

[@Starlight-vs2ot]

Amy and Democracy Now team are the true and brave journalists! Thank you!

[@citizen.cane1]

in the current situation the Afghans chose the lesser Evil. the NATO Monsters and the Taliban's both treated people with absolut no Respect. very sad .

[@factanonverba7547]

Drumpf, is that you?

[@mercedes-k9600]

@@factanonverba7547 😂😂😂👍

[@robertrichard6107]

U.S. trained Taliban. CIA Hit Teams can countertransfer their war crimes on them.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Thanks to the US's over-riding hatred of Communists, we gave birth to Al-Qaeda and all that followed. We can't see the forest for the trees.

[@alexandrefurtado3469]

I'm from Europe and I don't understand this fixation on interpreting the Afghanistan war as something to win or lose. What would it be like to win the Afghanistan war ???? What would it be like to win the Vietnam War??? Would the whole people surrender to a conqueror? This view of winning or losing the war is out of place. It is childish and prevents other types of reasoning that are much more complex and closer to reality. After thousand of years of fighting, who can think of winning a war with Afghanistan ??? wining-losing

[@qwertyuiopgarth]

It seems that 'legalizing drugs' would create financial difficulties for the Taliban....as well as economic difficulties for 'the Mexican and Columbian Cartels'. Interesting.

[@franklinpatterson3693]

To many gov. Official's getting to much$$$

[@flipwinks5387]

If you would dry out the drug trade through legalisation, many government agencies would be out of a job and the mayor income source of the CIA and other officals would also dry up, so who would want that?

[@qwertyuiopgarth]

@@flipwinks5387 Not seeing a downside.

[@MrTaxiRob]

@@qwertyuiopgarth Mexican cartels are already producing heroin domestically, they're growing their own poppies. Where do you think they got the seeds?

[@bobbylee_]

Very comprehensive interview that puts things in a clearer perspective.

[@jdsmith5060]

How can you call this non bias reporting when you clearly are owned by the same "Machine" that started that BS war? FACT !!! Its so disgusting how evil Your entire system of government and media, run by your war machine lies and destroys anything and everything that is not with your evil agenda. You ALL make me sick. Trump isnt owned by the machine and was the first to End to that BS war. Biden the NON elected president put in place by your satanic machine was directly involved in building up military involvement in Afghanistan FACT!

[@bobbylee_]

@@jdsmith5060 It’s interesting how my comment on their comprehensive reporting is something you feel the need to frame as bias reporting masquerading as non bias reporting. You only reveal your biases and projections. Save it for Fox. If you wanna stand with the 45 that freed the Taliban leader and numerous other Taliban prisoners than by all means, own it, if you have the capacity.

[@jdsmith5060]

@@bobbylee_ Looks like MIC owns your soul too. Comprehensive ? Go back to sleep Fool

[@AliKhan-fs3rm]

Always follow the money to see who war profiteers are..

[@madpatriot4608]

The taliban are going to form an opioid economy and survive what ever is thrown at them, a trillion dollar would have helped a lot of homeless people

[@ellengran6814]

Opium production was not allowed when Taliban ruled the country some decade ago. However when US occupied the country, opium-priduction started again.

[@SockPuppet28]

You've got it Ass-backwards, dude. Do some research. When the Taliban ruled, they had an iron fist lockdown against opium production.

[@valeriehaider3273]

The U.S. is profiting off the homeless.. even the corruption within the "Street organized Homeless".... banding together.. money from all avenues of pallets of donations.. all the way up the "Chain"... stimulus moneys printed like toilet paper.. reinvestment... trickle..trickle..trickle..

[@jelef001]

Amy Goodman is the best American interviewer on tv.

[@JS-eq6qy]

Sure is

[@johannuys7914]

What's her view on Assange?

[@vanessaweemsss5740]

Amy great reporting.

[@larrysherk]

This illustrates clearly why we have such huge suicide numbers among American service people and veterans who "served" in Afghanistan.

[@jnucleo]

We're entering a period of time in which we will be reviewing the concept of the corporation itself. This is the façade behind which the new aristocracy resides.

[@bernie4268]

Check out Chalmers Johnson's books - The Sorrows of Empire and Nemesis.

[@bpalpha]

It was difficult not the throw a shoe at my monitor when W appeared to bless the world with the horrors of war. "Magog and Gog" can kindly GFY!

[@pohakumana4288]

"or it's gone to arm the Taliban." Ya think!? War is about selling guns to both sides. We ARMED 375K Taliban fighters. GOOD JOB! War Profits!

[@ianpuddick]

Excellent interview 👍👍

[@halweilbrenner9926]

War is chaos. Quitting a war...guess what...CHAOS! Good job on this segment.

[@Khaos07]

Democracy Now, thanks HEAPS for your utmost important work!

[@luciannbrewer2441]

We’ve left so much behind!! Philippines, Panama, Europe, Greece, Italy. Every Embassy and surrounding territories.

[@tinetannies4637]

A story that should come as a shock to no one. Anyone who thinks this is only one party's fault isn't looking

[@bigdesignspop]

Thank you.

[@zolelakubadidi4973]

Amy, you are the best of them all. I have followed you for years. Be safe!!!!

[@valeriehaider3273]

Withlock..great research!! Thank you AMY!! many were aware of these FACTS!!

[@MrDometheo79]

When corruption is the highest aspiration...the result is thus...

[@sizzla123]

Informative report

[@matt_cummins28]

You people don't half work hard!! Thank you so much for your continued efforts in bringing the truth to the world.

[@enriqueayala759]

Where all that money went ? An audit would be in order..

[@robertrichard6107]

Rumsfeld left it to Heritage Foundation.

[@steve-o6413]

The Truth always comes out in the End, especially when it's bad news...

[@bobkhatib6567]

Nice one .thanks

[@ralphharding859]

Got it Saturday. It's a very compelling read.

[@leechong5335]

Thank you democracy now Amy Juan en all the staff for our good journalism but something wrong ? Free Julian Assange thank you very much Amy Juan en all the staff sylvie

[@mountainfisher4183]

War is $ for the rich gun manufacturers, why you thing their is no good gun Control, and murders all the time?

[@AdmiralJamesTKirk]

“War is a racket.”

[@sword7872]

Excellent episode!

[@Trag-zj2yo]

Politicians lye, what a shock.

[@Masanumi]

I am impressed that such an brutal honest channel about the USA is still on. I mean YT is american company after all.

[@ResistEvolve]

You can't question the lies about the pandemic and the jab, KZbin bans anyone and everyone that questions them. Democracy Now won't have RFK Jr. for instance on their show, I think his KZbin channel is no longer working.

[@Masanumi]

@@ResistEvolve We have a german channel where they writers question the handling with the pandemic with reasonable arguments without assaulting. They didn't get cencored. Maybe because it is in German?!

[@mrinbetween2811]

It’s a Zionist owned company

[@Masanumi]

@@mrinbetween2811 For God Sake, Antisemitsm is so 2000 years ago. Come up with something else. Just say elite.

[@robertrichard6107]

@@Masanumi Anti-Zionism isn't Antisemitism. And by the way, Palestinians are Semitic also, so don't make assumptions about this brand of Judeo-Christianianity going around.

[@algentry1]

Keep up the fight. Thank you.

[@bigdesignspop]

A sound check would have been a great idea

[@cougar1861]

Re video title: right, so did Assange and Wikileaks. When do you start insisting on 1) Assange's unconditional release and 2) war crimes indictments for Bush, Obumma and Trump???

[@ernstthalmann4306]

I thought the Trump era was a low, but this is truly the fall of an empire. Like Britain losing to Afghanistan in the 19th century and the USSR in the 20th century. DON'T INVADE AFGHANISTAN

[@ernstthalmann4306]

@Eat Shnitzel I'm 27 and since I was 12 I knew this country was doomed

[@robertrichard6107]

@@ernstthalmann4306 I'm 67, and since I was 9 I knew this country was doomed.

[@ernstthalmann4306]

@@robertrichard6107 1968 is when Nixon won so the timing lines up That was the beginning of American fascism

[@bkirkwd52]

There has been a failure to heed to warning of President Eisenhower about the military industrial complex.

[@farisarahman627]

Excellent reporting!! Beyond words

[@Impex7]

THE TALIBAN HAS ALREADY SAID, THE DRUG TRADE WILL STOP!

[@luciferangelica]

funny these conservatives suddenly care about afghanis after twenty years of not caring what happens to them

[@luciferangelica]

@@DanLyndon oh, i'm sorry, and thanks

[@53C52]

@@luciferangelica Afghan or Afghani are both acceptable when describing people of Afghanistan. The word afghan can also mean a blanket, and afghani can mean currency.

[@NYCDurrani]

@@53C52 trust me brother, afghans don't like it. Plus it sounds too similiar to Pakistani. Now you can continue with this afghani chit, or get it right.

[@luciferangelica]

@@53C52 ok, thanks

[@luciferangelica]

@@53C52 ok, thanks

[@bburkie55]

"I don't know how you do that without chaos ensuing." Nobody else knows how to do it either.

[@TheDoomWizard]

Just brought this up on my channel too.

[@amycoffin826]

This is such a nightmare!! I will have to read "The Afghanistan Papers" to help understand. This just seems like another withdrawal from Saigon. Why don' t top officers learn anything in their military education?? Something (truth) is missing. Hopefully, in years to come, what has really happened will be made clear. In the meantime, as usual, innocent people suffer. I can't help think that behind the scenes, deals are being made, and money is being exchanged.

[@johannuys7914]

Your politicians and top military personnel are corrupt. Bottom line.

[@LetsGoGetThem]

Afghan women had it good until the US funded the Muhjadeen. Look up progress under the Democratic Republic for women, it's really sad to look at in retrospect.

[@AshrafAnam]

@Weevil Afghan women "doing good" under a Communist proxy corrupt tyrannical regime. That's some progress ROFL.

[@yogalife365]

Wow... This channel reveals the truth. I am grateful that we can somehow stumble upon this channel. Mind blowing.

[@DinoMan_6]

Phenomenal reporting.

[@fuseplan1039]

Taliban: You have the watches, we have the time!

[@lau_dhondt]

War is a racket

[@louisanelson7948]

Gotta generate money somehow!

[@matthewkuchinski1769]

In her amazing book "Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins", author and journalist Annie Jacobsen revealed that former Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother Ahmed Wali Karzai, was given the position of Chairman of the Kandahar Provincial Council, a posting he held from 2005 to his assassination on July 12, 2011. During that time, allegations of corruption, thuggery, and abuses of power were made by many individuals against the Chairman.

[@NoNameBrandR4]

It’s so crazy that this man is not on every network talking about this. The context for this entire failure of this war and now pullout is not hard to understand just to accept. Jeez man!

[@gabriellekarlic7536]

Cheney got richer.

[@theciakilledjfk5973]

"I know the war in Afghanistan didn't go exactly as planned... But trust us, a nuclear confrontation with Russia and China at the same time is going to be way cooler." - the Pentagon

[@leasmith2348]

Pakistan is first in line.

[@zoomzoom3950]

@@leasmith2348 India keeps Pakistan busy. the US / NATO are piling up fabrications and lies about China; once the mission in Iraq fails - which is next - the western colonial imperialist powers will instigate conflict with China. I think China will outsmart the west; the west has been effectively Sun Tzu'd for many years.

[@robertrichard6107]

The German made submarine the Israelis used to light off the nukes that caused earthquake off Fukushima Prefecture for them signing in Solidarity with Palestine has really doomed the whole world already.

[@jamesfox2857]

Thank You , , ,

[@youllis]

War is obsolete thanks for reporting

[@yeswecan4312]

The day Afghanistan says “No” to foreign aid, is the day they will be truly free. Take your army and its jackboots, take your foreign Afghanis like Ashraf Ghan, take the people who helped you, and take your aid. Afghanistan does not need it. Just leave them alone. Let them leave in peace.

[@SkyRiver1]

DN proves that it is still capable of excellent coverage with stories like this. When all the facts fall into line with their narrative and no spin is necessary, they can be so good. What is somewhat amusing is the number of luminaries of one strip or another who claim to have known the outcome of the military action in Afghanistan ten years ago. I would be willing to bet that half the people reading this comment could truthfully say they knew the inevitable outcome twenty years ago.

[@robertrichard6107]

Even 'W' knew, but he didn't even care, especially by the time he got Iraq going, he just wanted to be a war president.

[@SkyRiver1]

@@robertrichard6107 My view is that his handlers saw a gigantic opportunity to force their regressive policies down the throats of Americans, and they took it.

[@marlonriley662]

Promises kept!

[@phoebusapollo4677]

“”The world is an unweeded garden, Things rank and gross possess it merely….””

[@falklan]

Let's see where the Afgan opium production goes after our withdrawal...

[@greorbowlfinder7078]

The military inspector general system is a joke. Any IG is like a soviet commisar. Careerists.

[@HardRockMaster7577]

The Pentegon is never audited. The MIC won. A long time ago. Operation Mockingbird.

[@finestkindmedicinal5967]

These folks should be brought up on charges. As a healthcare provider if i obfuscated facts, changed values, kept incorrect documentation I would be fired and very likely brought before a board to see if my license should be tagged or taken.

[@subashchandran7737]

Every guest jumps over the topic of us atrocities against afghan people! I mean am I the only one who remembers the bombing of wedding groups, hospitals, wiping villages out of existence

[@vanessaweemsss5740]

I can just imagine what the COVID19 papers have to say about where the virus was created?

[@XRPSwan]

WTC7 is the start of this saga

[@briankoski817]

So is PNAC... Project for the New American Century.

[@robertrichard6107]

You can go back to '92 if you want, but wasn't it really '81 when the Gipper looked the other way when the Juice bombed the Iraqi reactor?

[@odinga77]

That's why our citizens hate our government, Because we spend crazy Money on the Afghans,but hate to spend a dollar on its own people.

[@brachiator1]

What could have been done differently?

[@bannedone3ice138]

Dostum, who was an important part of Afghan government is a warlord with hundreds or maybe thousands of innocents bloods on his and his militias hands.

[@dennischallinor8497]

OH! OK! Sort of like Vietnam? Take heart, it was good for big business while it lasted. There is a lot of virtue in the philosophy of "mind your own business and take care of your own backyard".

[@Hands2HealNow]

When Democracy Now does "war and peace reports" the world feels like a better place.

[@kamel3d]

The bottom line Afghan people won the war and kicked the colonisers out, now for the Americans they can go and spend as much time they want debating how and what thats has happened

[@taddprice6750]

In Webster's dictionary beside the definition of Fool, is your picture.

[@peterwright9934]

And the winners are: The military industrial complex.

[@johnlionel4484]

The generals were making money on that war

[@gerardrambert8271]

Good evening,it is about time!!!!What a total absolute shame!

[@_robustus_]

What? We’ve been lied to? You have just blown my mother scratchin’ mind….

[@ellengran6814]

You are supposed to watch Fox or CNN talking about UFOs and the danger of aliens. Distraction, distraction.