When it comes to the mess in Afghanistan, and the evacuation that ensued, one blunder after another has surfaced. The latest appears to be the failure of the larger State Department apparatus to support staff with mental issues stemming from the evacuation effort. It seems that word got out, atContinue Reading
Civilians can question the moves of the United States Military without any threat of arrest or ill-treatment from the government, but it seems that active military cannot, at least not publicly. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller did just that via a series of posts on social media platforms and is nowContinue Reading
As bad as things are in the United States and other western countries when it comes to lockdowns and rights being suspended, at least we are not in Afghanistan. This week a man was whipped for allegedly stealing a phone. The man was tied to a traffic sign in frontContinue Reading
In American life, it is really rather well known that one does not criticize one’s current employer on any sort of social media. Civilians get fired over such offenses. And now we know U.S. Military officers face court-martial. That scenario is playing out in front of the American public asContinue Reading
The story and the original message posted on Instagram have now gone viral. The mother of one of the Marines killed over the weekend in Afghanistan took to Instagram to express her grief and disgust with those who voted for the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris ticket last November. Her words areContinue Reading
Now that the Taliban have taken over Afghanistan, it looks like strict Sharia Law will be the way things are done. Not only have women been ordered to wear full-length Burkas while in public, but reports indicate that a member of the terrorist organization has killed a man for theContinue Reading
Amazing how things come full circle. It seems that an old friend of the Camp Delta staff at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is now one of the leaders in the Taliban-held Afghanistan. The Taliban have appointed a former Guantanamo detainee as acting defense minister following the Islamic fundamentalist group’s takeoverContinue Reading
With all the chaos going on in Kabul, the workers at the American embassy were told to head to the airport for evacuation. According to news reports, the workers did so and received brutal treatment from the Taliban forces blocking access to the facility. They complained to the State DepartmentContinue Reading
In bugging out of Afghanistan, the United States leaves behind millions of women and children at the mercy of one of the most brutal and violent regimes on the planet. The highly militant and not at all sympathetic Muslim group The Taliban. When an agreement was reached for the USContinue Reading
The video coming from Afghanistan this week, particularly the footage of thousands of men rushing to catch American Military planes, literally, has been dramatic, to say the least. It looks like the men making a run for it are treating airplanes like they would trains, buses, and trucks, just tryingContinue Reading
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