Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan

09-01-2017 • http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin Raimondo

Scott Horton's book is a blockbuster!

Donald Trump Eyes Afghanistan's $1 Trillion Mineral Reserves ..

08-29-2017 • lewrockwell.com

...to Pay for Reconstruction After 16 Years of War

WATCH: Brave Congressman Explains How US Keeps Afghan Heroin Trade Alive at Your Expense

08-29-2017 • thedailysheeple.com by Matt Agorist

This week, President Donald Trump, just like his predecessor Obama, promised to continue the utterly corrupt failure of a brutal occupation that is Afghanistan--despite running on a campaign to end it.

Donald Trump Eyes Afghanistan's $1 Trillion Mineral Reserves to Pay for...

08-29-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

Reconstruction After 16 Years of War...Country's rich deposits of gold, silver, platinum, iron ore and copper could represent path to economic independence but experts call plan to tap into them 'a pipe dream'

Afghanistan and the CIA Heroin Ratline

08-29-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

The Persian Gulf harbors an array of extremely compromising secrets. Near the top is the Afghan heroin ratline - with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) positioned as the golden node of a transnational, trillion dollar heroin money laundering operation

TGIF: Operation CYA - Afghanistan

08-28-2017 • By Sheldon Richman

Steve Bannon's Breitbart and others notwithstanding, that was Trump being Trump when he announced he would not be quitting Afghanistan, despite the manifest futility and counterproductivity -- that is, idiocy -- of America's 16-year war there.

'US Doesn't Want Afghanistan War to End – It's Cash Cow for Pentagon, Contractors'

08-28-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, RT News

The US is alarmed Pakistan decided Russia has the best chance of being a stabilizing force for a peaceful outcome in Afghanistan: the US doesn't want to end the war which is a cash cow, says Brian Becker from the anti-war ANSWER coalition.

Korea, Afghanistan and the Never Ending War Trap

08-28-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Pepe Escobar

There are more parallels between an unfinished 1950s war in Northeast Asia and an ongoing 16-year-old war in the crossroads between Central and South Asia than meet the eye. Let's start with North Korea.

Newsbud Exclusive-Trump's Afghan War: Based on Neocon Lies.

08-27-2017 • https://www.newsbud.com, Kurt Nimmo

Standing before a podium at the Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Virginia, President Donald Trump addressed an audience of soldiers on August 21.

Time to End the Lost Afghan War

08-26-2017 • arclein

The US invasion of Afghanistan was based on the unproven claim that anti-communist fighter Osama bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. We have yet to see conclusive proof. What we have seen are phony documents and faked videos put out by bi

The Donald's Pathetic Afghan Flip-Flop

08-25-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By David Stockman

As the Donald himself might have put it: PITIFUL!

Newsbud Exclusive-Trump's Afghan War: Based on Neocon Lies.

08-25-2017 • https://www.newsbud.com, KURT NIMMO

Standing before a podium at the Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Virginia, President Donald Trump addressed an audience of soldiers on August 21.

The Illegality of Trump's Afghanistan War

08-25-2017 • https://www.fff.org

When President Trump attributed his flip-flop on Afghanistan to his team of military generals , who informed him that a withdrawal from America's 16-year war would leave a "haven" for terrorists, I couldn't help but think of former presidenti

Watch Live: First On-Camera White House Briefing Since Charlottesville

08-25-2017 • zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

A lot has happened since The White House's last on-camera press briefing - from Charlottesville to CEO-denouncements and Bannon's departure, and from Afghanistan to tax reform and GOP infighting. Sarah Huckabee-Sanders has her hands full - grab your

Afghanistan - Trump To Announce Four More One-Year Wars

08-23-2017 • http://www.moonofalabama.org, By b

This evening Trump will announce a new "path forward" in the occupation of Afghanistan. According to the usual leaks it will be very same path the U.S. has taken for 16 years.

Ron Paul Reacts to Trump's Afghanistan Speech

08-23-2017 • LewRockwell.com by Ron Paul

On Twitter, Ron Paul reacted to President Donald Trump's speech last night calling for increasing US presence in Afghanistan.

The Mini-Skirt Deception: How McMaster Got His Afghan 'Surge'

08-23-2017 • AntiWar.com by Justin Raimondo

A photo of Soviet era Afghanistan won Trump over

Op-Ed The conflict in Afghanistan is Trump's war now

08-23-2017 • http://www.latimes.com, by Andrew J. Bacevich

With President Trump's Monday night speech, prospects for ending the Afghanistan war anytime soon have vanished. Whether that bodes well for U.S. national security is another matter.

The Mini-Skirt Deception: How McMaster Got His Afghan 'Surge'

08-23-2017 • http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org

According to reports, Gen. H. R. McMaster convinced President Trump to give up his longstanding opposition to the Afghan war by showing him this photograph, below, of Afghan women in what the media are describing as "miniskirts." As the Washingto

America Wasted $160 Million Trying to Get Afghanistan to Use E-Payments

08-23-2017 • motherboard.vice.com by Matthew Gault

Will that be cash, charge, or bribe?

Trump's 'America First' Base Unhappy with Flip-Flop Afghanistan Speech

08-23-2017 • breitbart.com by Adam Shaw

President Trump's "America First" base was the biggest loser of Trump's speech on Afghanistan Monday night, and many quickly expressed their disappointment at the business-as-usual address from the president who had once promised to limit Ame

OPINION | Sen. Rand Paul:

08-23-2017 • thehill.com By Sen Rand Paul

16 years on, it's past time to bring our troops home from Afghanistan

Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow 'graveyard'

08-22-2017 • Steve Holland and Hamid Shalizi

President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire".

Trump's Afghanistan Strategy: What To Expect. With Jacob Hornberger

08-22-2017 • https://www.youtube.com

Future of Freedom Foundation President Jacob Hornberger joins the Liberty Report to preview President Trump's Afghanistan strategy that will be unveiled tonight. Should we expect a radical departure from the last 16 unsuccessful years? Get your ticke

All the Times Donald Trump Said the U.S. Should Get Out of Afghanistan

08-21-2017 • theintercept.com by Jon Schwarz, Robert Mackey

For years as a reality TV star, Donald Trump demanded that the United States leave Afghanistan. Among other things, he said that the U.S. had "wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure" and "wasted lives" there, that the war was "nons

Trump's Turn To Lie About Afghanistan

08-21-2017 • http://original.antiwar.com, by Matthew Hoh

There has never been progress by the U.S. military in Afghanistan, unless you are asking the US military contractors or the Afghan drug barons, of whom an extremely large share are our allies in the Afghan government, militias and security forces, th

Trump Continues to Resist Pressure for Afghan Escalation

08-20-2017 • http://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz

Pence, McMaster Lead Call for Escalation