Obama Haunted by Graveyard of Empires
Finian CUNNINGHAM US
President Barack Obama has little to cheer about during his annual
Christmas vacation – just as America’s longest-ever overseas war – in
Afghanistan – flares up with no end in sight, and possibly for even more
years to come.
President Barack Obama has little to cheer about during his annual
Christmas vacation – just as America’s longest-ever overseas war – in
Afghanistan – flares up with no end in sight, and possibly for even more
years to come.
«The war in Afghanistan follows Obama to his vacation in Hawaii», was how the Washington Post described the
despondent outlook for the US-backed regime in Kabul, increasingly
assailed by Taliban militants. Fourteen years after going into
Afghanistan to crush the radical Islamist Taliban and «install
democracy», Washington’s «nation-building» project lies in abject ruins.
despondent outlook for the US-backed regime in Kabul, increasingly
assailed by Taliban militants. Fourteen years after going into
Afghanistan to crush the radical Islamist Taliban and «install
democracy», Washington’s «nation-building» project lies in abject ruins.
A year after the US-led NATO occupation of Afghanistan was officially wound down, it is reported that
American and British Special Forces are being dispatched – again – to
help prevent the Western-installed regime from falling to Taliban
insurgents.
American and British Special Forces are being dispatched – again – to
help prevent the Western-installed regime from falling to Taliban
insurgents.
Six US soldiers were killed when
a Taliban suicide bomber drove his motorcycle into their patrol near
the giant military base at Bagram. The base at Bagram is the heart of US
military operations in Afghanistan. In recent months even this
supposedly secure zone has come under rocket attacks from the Taliban.
The devastating blow to a US patrol outside the base only serves to
underline how fragile the situation is for the entire country.
a Taliban suicide bomber drove his motorcycle into their patrol near
the giant military base at Bagram. The base at Bagram is the heart of US
military operations in Afghanistan. In recent months even this
supposedly secure zone has come under rocket attacks from the Taliban.
The devastating blow to a US patrol outside the base only serves to
underline how fragile the situation is for the entire country.
Poignantly,
the US troop deaths come at a time that Obama had promised would mark
the final drawdown of military operations in the country – more than 14
years after the US invaded Afghanistan back in October 2001.
the US troop deaths come at a time that Obama had promised would mark
the final drawdown of military operations in the country – more than 14
years after the US invaded Afghanistan back in October 2001.
