There is no analogy between "W" and Trump.
One is not good and one is not bad. "W" wrongly went into Iraq and that is fact. Cheney put the American people at risk when the PDB was ignored. The "W" presidency is one of the most corrupt administrations in the modern era.
There is no black and white, there is no justifying oil wars.
ISIS was breed and born under "W" in Syria. It is a known fact.
Don't even start with soldiers. Cheney and "W" had more backdoor drafts than any other administration in history. There are no great American leadership when our soldiers are used for illegal and immoral reasons.
Always remember, never forget!
The 911 Commission (click here)
The Iraq Study Group (click here)
This is the "W" legacy.
Gitmo 2.0 (click here)
September 11, 2017
...The wives and children (click here) are being held at an Iraqi camp south of Mosul. Most had arrived since Aug. 30, when Iraqi troops drove the IS out of Mosul.
It is the largest group of foreigners linked to the IS to be held by Iraqi forces since they began driving the militants from Mosul and other areas in northern Iraq last year, an aid official said. Thousands of foreigners have been fighting for the IS in Iraq and Syria.
“We are holding the Daesh families under tight security measures and waiting for government orders on how to deal with them,” said Army Colonel Ahmed al-Taie from Mosul’s Nineveh operation command.
“We treat them well. They are families of tough criminals who killed innocents in cold blood, but when we interrogated them we discovered that almost all of them were mislead by a vicious Daesh propaganda,” he said....
Why are we still in Afghanistan? Hoping the children that grew up under the USA war occupation will grow up to be sympathetic to the USA occupation? The forever wars.
September 11, 2017
By Josh Smith
Kabul (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan (click here) said on Monday Washington would never allow militants to use the country as a sanctuary, as American and allied troops in Kabul commemorated the Sept. 11 attacks.
U.S. President Donald Trump in August committed nearly 4,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of an open-ended campaign against Taliban insurgents who have made advances in recent years.
A U.S. led intervention sparked by the Sept. 11 attacks toppled the Taliban government in 2001. Since then more than 2,400 American troops and more than 1,000 international allies have died in Afghanistan.
“Today we remember how this conflict began but let us also remember how this must end, with Afghanistan never again serving as an ungoverned space, sanctuary or base for those who are bent on attacking us and our allies,” ambassador Hugo Llorens told a crowd of soldiers at the NATO coalition’s headquarters in Kabul....
11 September 2017
Kabul, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber (click here) attacked a convoy from the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan on Monday, wounding at least three civilians, officials said.
It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties among the troops in the convoy which was attacked near Bagram airfield, outside the capital Kabul.
Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul said it was aware of the attack and would release details once more information became available.
District Governor Abdul Shukor Qodossi said at least three civilians had been hurt and one of the vehicles damaged.
A statement from the Taliban militants said 13 Americans had been killed and 11 wounded and three armoured vehicles destroyed. (Reporting by Mirwais Harooni, James Mackenzie....
Shortly after President Karzai had established his administration and parliament he asked "W" to carry out a joint meeting with Iran. Well, it took 16 years, but, Afghanistan has finally set up a relationship with Iran.
September 11, 2017
New Delphi — Afghanistan’s foreign minister (click here) asked India on Monday to expedite development of a strategic port in Iran to bolster a trade route for land-locked Central Asian countries that would bypass Pakistan.
The port would allow India to transport goods to Afghanistan by sea. Pakistan currently does not allow India to transport through its territory to Afghanistan.
Last year, India committed up to $500 million for the development of the Chabahar port along with associated roads and rail lines.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj responded that India would speed up the port development and begin supplying wheat to Afghanistan within weeks through Chabahar....
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
We no longer belong in Afghanistan.
Shortly after President Karzai had established his administration and parliament he asked "W" to carry out a joint meeting with Iran. Well, it took 16 years, but, Afghanistan has finally set up a relationship with Iran.
September 11, 2017
New Delphi — Afghanistan’s foreign minister (click here) asked India on Monday to expedite development of a strategic port in Iran to bolster a trade route for land-locked Central Asian countries that would bypass Pakistan.
The port would allow India to transport goods to Afghanistan by sea. Pakistan currently does not allow India to transport through its territory to Afghanistan.
Last year, India committed up to $500 million for the development of the Chabahar port along with associated roads and rail lines.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj responded that India would speed up the port development and begin supplying wheat to Afghanistan within weeks through Chabahar....
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
We no longer belong in Afghanistan.
