us-afghanistan relations

Maybe we should stop demanding that the people of Afghanistan choose OUR way of doing things. Maybe they want the Taliban. Or maybe they just don't give a ****. And if THEY don't give a ****, why should we? Why should we fight for freedom for a people who don't want it, and surely not...

This article states that The Taliban is taking territory in the wake of NATO's withdrawal. This isn't just a U.S. issue. Many of us on this board belong to NATO countries. I'm assuming we followed, just because the U.S. is the big gun, but why are they out? Another article said that Biden...

Seems like relevant topic. There's been some discussion in U.S.-focused political threads, but this goes beyond that. For example, the British are feeling in a bit of a lurch by the relatively rapid decision. The U.S. and its allies are pulling out, Taliban advancing. Taliban capture key...

The Washington Post recently won a three-year court battle to make public secret government documents about the war. This is being compared to the Pentagon Papers regarding the Vietnam war. At war with the truth The Afghanistan Papers A secret history of the war You can think of at this...

It has struck me that (1) the situation in Afghanistan has continued to relentlessly deteriorate over the past year (2) but it has become less and less an issue ever mentioned by USA politicians and (3) less and less frequently covered by the USA news media and political blogs. The Taliban...

BOOM Never used before. One of the reasons why I thought Trump will be the lesser evil compared to Killary is that there will be resistance to further wars, including from his base, instead of just bending over like in the Obama years. So far it seems the only anti-war protests are literally...

From the New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight soldiers with the American-led military coalition were killed Saturday, making it the bloodiest day this year for Western troops fighting here. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/world/asia/blast-kills-7-soldiers-in-afghanistan.html?_r=0 I am...

After 2014, when supposedly the Afghan army is mostly trained and equipped to take over for leaving NATO forces, what are our goals? I see basically one goal: Don't let the Taliban take over again. After spending over $50 billion to train and equip the Afghan National Army, can we assume that...

An American soldier has gone on a killing spree. This is going to explode now. Right now. ETA: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/world/asia/afghanistan-civilians-killed-american-soldier-held.html

I really hope this is a hoax. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/11/us/video-marines-urinating/?hpt=hp_t1 Just stupid...

I was thinking about Afghanistan. I got to thinking should Obama give a similar speech about Afghanistan? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGD-3sF5cME

They're awfully good at this, aren't they? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/asia/28intel.html?_r=2&ref=global-home&pagewanted=all

...claiming that the presence of American troops galvanizes the forces of nationalism and works against the stated aims of the mission. Here is his four page letter of resignation and Karen Deyoung's WaPo piece. From WaPo: last month, in a move that has sent ripples all the way to the White...

Did Obama really send James Carville to help elect Karzi's opponent? That's what Karl Rove has alleged: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11I-40OtPgQ If true, then I'd call that not just stupid but almost treasonous. Well what do you know...

After some eight years of involvement, we seem to have accomplished little in our adventuring in Afghanistan, and you will be hard pressed to find a pundit of any stripe with much positive to say about the situation there. In fact, all the various authorities I've listened to lately seem to have...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090307/pl_nm/us_obama_afghanistan_2 What is a "moderate"Taliban element?

First, Richard Holbrooke says military victory in Afghanistan is not achievable... Now Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says on CNN... Along the same lines, Obama said last month (in the same link)... They're coming to their senses re: military outcome, and are now stressing...

Okay. I understand the resistance and objections to the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with it but I understand it. What I don't quite understand is the historical resistance and continued protest against operations in Afghanistan. I'm not talking about criticism of particular tactics or...

Here's a Colin Powell quote I'm kicking myself for not spotting earlier (Stumbled on this while reading up on Afghanistan today. lt's news to everyone else) Remember the flak that Chomsky (and others) got for pointing out, just before the invasion of Afghanistan, that the U.S. demand that...

Fresh from the front lines... a glimmer of hope among all the negative news about progress in Afghanistan. In the past three years not only have we re-implemented income taxes, withholding taxes on wages, a baby VAT, and airport departure fees but... today (actually 3 days ago) we have...

In the 2002 SOTU speech, Bush warned of a terrorist threat to the nation, saying the United States had found "diagrams of American nuclear power plants" in Afghanistan. The White House this week defended the warnings about Islamic extremist intentions, but said the concerns highlighted by Bush...