Greenwald on Afghanistan

I had a fascinating conversation about Afghanistan with the brilliant writer @ggreenwald today. You'll be able to listen to it on @getcallin soon. In the meantime, you can watch on YouTube:https://t.co/xO5dMnIw8J

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) August 22, 2021

A Discussion of Afghanistan

Great talk on Afghanistan, the pro-war media, and the resurgence of neoconservatism with @CurtMills and @ArtaMoeini, two very smart guys. Follow them! https://t.co/2zybwEwXD1

— Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) August 21, 2021

Maj. Danny Sjursen Reflects

A Life and Nation Transformed: 20 Years On From West Point’s Gates and the War on Terror
by Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.)#Afghanistan #waronterror #WestPoint https://t.co/0Ibz2uCEA6 pic.twitter.com/dIoeGHsUzj

— Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) August 5, 2021

Invade the World, Invite the World

Biden authorizes $100 million in emergency funds for Afghan refugees https://t.co/lcBLCUrpVu via @Reuters

— FAIR (@FAIRImmigration) July 27, 2021

The Hardest Place

Don't miss this THURSDAY 12p.m.: Afghan veterans @AdamNoahWho and Dan Berschinski are joined by author @wesleysmorgan to discuss his new book about the Pech Valley, "The Hardest Place." Morgan was an embed w/the US military mission there in 2010

Get link: https://t.co/Dsh4WJstkY

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) June 1, 2021

Penguin/Random House

The Truth of GWOT

New Book OBLITERATES War on Terror Narrative. Scott Horton & Keith Knighthttps://t.co/VlNGVZxTai

— The Libertarian Institute (@LibertarianInst) January 24, 2021

Imperial Apologist

General Don Bolduc served ten tours in Afghanistan from 2001-2013. In this SOFREP exclusive, he exposes nine missteps that cost us the war. https://t.co/2LSqiO0ox1

— SOFREP (@sofrepofficial) December 8, 2020

Thanks to Mark, Mandy and Danny for the energetic discussion today on the today's military hubris and corruption and why we can't "win" our wars. WATCH: https://t.co/aPTZVgn9wX https://t.co/1vqW0KY71o

— Kelley Vlahos (@VlahosAtQuincy) December 9, 2020

Edit.

Did you miss this yesterday? @QuincyInst's @markperrydc w/ (Ret.) Lt. Col @DanielLDavis1 and Mandy Smithberger @StrausReform talk about the military revolving door, contractor corruption, bad war strategy and more. @VlahosAtQuincy moderates. WATCH: https://t.co/SvoFBDliSu

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) December 10, 2020

Propaganda to Cover the Asses of the Pentagon and the Neocons

What would Hack make of this? What BS.

Operational Memory is a deciding factor in war. Throughout its history, the U.S. has accumulated Operational Memory contrary to its rivals. https://t.co/QFlhsxZsjN

— SOFREP (@sofrepofficial) December 4, 2020

Much on Display Here

Don't give to Responsible Statecraft/Quincy Institute. They are not friends of the American peoples.

David Petraeus @CarnegieEndow event: the most significant terror threat in US is not from Islamists but from right wing extremists. WATCH: https://t.co/vzIQX9ap66

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) December 2, 2020

About to check in with @QuincyInst President Andrew Bacevich as he talks endless wars with David "Surge" Petraeus in @CarnegieEndow event. LIVE: https://t.co/vzIQX9ap66

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) December 2, 2020

.@QuincyInst Andy Bacevich @CarnegieEndow event: it seems to me we have to acknowledge the failure of this military undertaking first, then we will be able to explore more prudent, diplomatic alternatives for Afghanistan. WATCH: https://t.co/vzIQX9ap66

— Responsible Statecraft (@RStatecraft) December 2, 2020

5th Group in Afghanistan

In response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 5th Special Forces Group Soldiers were inserted to conduct Unconventional Warfare in support of the Northern Alliance. Check out the full video here: https://t.co/NRlf2VGZlA #HorseSoldiers #SpecialForces pic.twitter.com/1P5I7EdkSZ

— USASOC (@USASOCNews) October 20, 2020

A Bad Milestone

The Outpost

French Legionnaires Killed in Action

French Foreign Legion soldier dies in combat in Mali

Related:
Vanity Fair: The Expendables By William Langewiesche
It’s the dark romance of the French Foreign Legion: haunted men from everywhere, fighting anywhere, dying for causes not their own. Legionnaires need war, certainly, and Afghanistan is winding down. But there’s always the hopeless battle against rogue gold miners in French Guiana . . .
French Foreign Legion Recruitment

No Ordinary Dog

Should They Be Getting Involved?

The Imperial A-10

Leavenworth

The Kill Team

What's the agenda here?

Another Victim of an Inept Empire

Utah City Mayor, Father of Seven Killed in Afghanistan After ‘Insider Attack’

Rod Dreher comments.

Shameless

The man who started the GWOT and created its American victims...