https://barelyablog.com/the-afghanistan-report-the-pentagon-doesnt-care-if-you-read/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://barelyablog.com/the-afghanistan-report-the-pentagon-doesnt-care-if-you-read/comment-page-1/#comment-21984 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:59:52 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=47956#comment-21984 Start, as George Carlin stated, from the position of not believing anything the govt. says. And that has to include the talking heads of the MSM.

]]> https://barelyablog.com/the-afghanistan-report-the-pentagon-doesnt-care-if-you-read/comment-page-1/#comment-21980 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:28:27 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=47956#comment-21980 This report aside, it’s fairly well known that Afghanistan has long been (one of) the places where Empires go to die. 19th-century Britian had no success there and, after the annihilation of its invading force, simply used the place as an anti-Russian buffer in the Great Game; then Russia’s 20th-century failure precipitated the collapse of the Soviet Union. I expect the Taliban to enter Kabaul w/in a week or two of the American withdrawal…maybe sooner…if the whole S. Asian situation explodes as a consequence of the upcoming Isramerican attack on Iran. What an Epic Fail.

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