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Washington, D.C. — How the might have fallen: from being in control of Afghanistan, the United States military has been forced to evacuate its troops and civilians from an airport deep inside Taliban-controlled Kabul within weeks.
Afghanistan fell quickly after its collapse, even though in May both the Afghan National Army (ANA) and U.S. forces controlled the region. In July, President Biden promised Afghanistan would never fall to the Taliban despite significant territorial losses.
Then, as the Taliban took control of major cities on August 10, U.S. officials estimated the government would fall in 30 days or less. Taliban forces unopposed entered Kabul five days later Taliban forces unopposed entered Kabul, bringing down the entire country.
Forward to late August, where U.S. troops, stranded at Kabul’s airport by the Taliban and surrounded by fleeing mobs conducted an ad hoc evacuation.
As a result of operating assumptions not being updated, I see three failures in decision-making. First, the Taliban failed to acknowledge that the US had “won” the war and the U.S. failed to adapt to the situation once it became clear that the bad guys weren’t crying ‘Uncle’. Secondly, the United States failed to build contingency plans to protect its evacuation effort when the Taliban accelerated their offensive. And bringing up the rear (and memories of Benghazi) U.S. forces and civilians were not protected after being besieged in Kabul.
Taliban victory in guerrilla war was neither anticipated nor adapted by U.S. leadership. Failure of nation building and loss of the guerrilla war weren’t due to a lack of warnings f rom experts-corroborated as our government also received reports from troops returning from Afghanistan.
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A robust evidence base didn’t support the Afghan government’s viability or nation-building’s success; rather, it was only the belief of a political and institutional elite that it was “true.” Maintaining the illusion that the U.S. was there at the political level to modernize and integrate Afghanistan was required from an institutional perspective because the United States had already incurred enormous losses (thousands of lives) and enormous costs (trillions of dollars) through the venture. Protecting careers was probably also a […]
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker