But ten additional years later on, some blood thirsty urchins are still campaigning for an extension of American troops presence in Afghanistan and you ask yourself why? What else will be a reasonable amount of more time for these people, short of an indefinite stay of American troops in Afghanistan. What else do these people want American troops to achieve in Afghanistan within the extended time they are canvassing for, which has not already been achieved? Except of course they will allow the Talibans to be completely nuked and forgotten with, otherwise there is no other meaningful reason to continue with the Afghanistan engagement. Therefore, bringing the troops home now is the only way to correct an anomaly which should have been corrected since May 3rd, 2011.
American forces were sent to Afghanistan in the hunt for terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden and his lieutenants who attacked America on 9/11. The troops killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 and have to a large extent also neutralized many of Osama bin Laden's operating officers. Their mission ended or should have ended immediately soon thereafter and any discovered terrorist can always be hunted down from anywhere, without the need of having the troops in Afghanistan. The ten years extended stay of the troops in Afghanistan, post Osama bin Laden's killing, was only due to Deep State's military/industrial complex machination as there was no actual need for it. They wanted a prolongation of their war profiteering business and ten years should be enough already; and no more blackmailing of the White House into any further extension.
Therefore, a complete withdrawal of every remaining American troop from Afghanistan by the set date of August 31st 2021 is quite in order. America have mission accomplished its objective in Afghanistan and no longer has any business remaining in another people's country. American troops are not the policemen of Afghanistan nor should their original mission be changed from the hunt for Osama bin Laden into nation building of Afghanistan. Enough of the losses in treasure and blood; and like Joe Biden rightly argued, how many more American lives must be wasted in Afghanistan and how much billions of dollars is worth expending further in such a place that has no direct benefit to the wellbeing of the United States of America. ICHEOKU says not another life and not a dollar more.
Afghanis are very ungrateful and unappreciative of America's sacrifices in their country and do not deserve any further assistance or protection from America. They have shown so much hostilities to America, both by words and actions; killing American soldiers and military contractors including an American General. Their former President Hamid Karzai especially, was particularly very hostile to America and has been running his foul mouth against America, instead of showing a servile gratitude for all that America sacrificed for his country. His acerbic utterances alone are even enough to wish Afghanistan bad, but that will not be necessary. Let them take care of their business and at least prove that they have earned the right to have a country. Afghanistan is for Afghanis and they must protect and defend it for their benefit.
They do not deserve any further and continuing America's protection, especially not indefinitely; as a child born twenty years ago in 2001 when American troops were first sent into Afghanistan is now already an adult and possibly, a parent as well. It is time for Afghanis to mature into real grown ups and do what is necessarily needed to defend their country from a band of Taliban bandits; and if they cannot, let them lose their country to them. America have wasted enough resources, both financial and human; and time to cut the losses and scamper the hell out of that desolate country, even came ten years ago. Many of American fighting men and women are within the age range of 18 and 20 years, so the twenty years of America's presence in Afghanistan should have produced enough Afghanis fighting men and women to protect and defend their country.
If the nearly 40 million Afghanis, give and take 20 million of them adults, cannot protect themselves and country from a band of power grabbing Taliban, so be it. Better still, they should ink some contract with Blackwater's Mr Erik Prince who is probably less occupied at the moment, to carry on with where American troops have now stopped and help them kill off those remaining Taliban irritants. But unfortunately, Afghanis apparently love their Talibans and majority of them love that way of life, the reason they have allowed Talibans to run amok in their country. The Talibans are Afghanis and so are those American trained Afghani soldiers who were sabotaging America and killing American troops when they were in Afghanistan; and the same soldiers are now surrendering to the Taliban and joining forces with them.
Joe Biden made the right call and by far the best foreign policy decision of his administration as no more American life deserves to be wasted in Afghanistan. Twenty years was more than enough. Even an arrangement such as America has with South Korea and Japan will not be viable as a possible alternative with Afghanistan because Afghanistan is an impoverished country and cannot afford to pay for America's open-ended stay and protection of their country. Also, unlike the South Korea and Japan experience which is geared against foreign invasion, Afghanis are killing themselves in a quasi civil war and America cannot afford to be caught in the middle of such internecine war between people who are just killing themselves. If being ruled by the Taliban is what the majority of Afghanis prefer, so be it; otherwise let them rise up and defend themselves.
Thankfully, Joe Biden is standing firm and refusing to buck under the pressure of the Deep State military industrial complex to reverse himself on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. But they are relentless and not giving up and purposefully, desperately overhyping and over-sensitizing the Taliban resumption of attacks, in their attempt to whip up enough sentiments to force a reversal of policy on troops withdrawal. ICHEOKU says Joe Biden must stand his ground as history will vindicate him and uphold his decision to end that American nightmare called American troops overstay in Afghanistan. It is not every country that must practice democracy as theocracy is also an acceptable form of government. So, if Talibans insist that Afghanistan must also become a theocracy just as the Vatican and Iran are, it will not be the end of the world.
But the decision to checkmate them and prevent such an outcome is entirely for the majority of Afghanis to make. If the Talibans are the majority, then they can march straight unto Kabul for all ICHEOKU cares and establish their Talibanized theocracy. Americans cannot pretend to love Afghanistan more than Afghanis themselves and be the ones dying and losing countless treasure in defense of Afghanistan from the Talibans. If Afghanis want a different lifestyle from the Taliban styled way of life, then let them prove it by defending their preferred lifestyle. Afghanistan is for Afghanis and it is their burden to protect their country from all enemies foreign and domestic, including the Taliban. They have enough able bodied men and women to defend their homeland, but if they choose otherwise, it means that their country is not worthy dying for and therefore not worthy of existence.
Therefore, let the Talibans take them hostage and do with them whatever they pleases. The United Nations Organization can also move in there and continue from where America has just stopped or better still, let their neighboring countries worry about any impending implosion. But under no account or pressure of the Deep State military industrial complex as well as some other third party countries, who are trying to blackmail Joe Biden into reversing course, must the withdrawal be aborted or even extended by another day past the scheduled August 31st, 2021 due date. America has borne the burden of the world for far too long while other huge powers and large economies such as China and Germany have been enjoying a free ride, freeloading on America's largess and growing exponentially. Enough of the unfairness and now is time to bring all the troops home. So long Afghanistan and that mission is now archived as accomplished.
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