U.S. military commander admits American defeat in Afghanistan – Russian victory in Afghanistan, too? –
The U.S. was defeated in Syria. The U.S. is
about to be put out from Iraq. Now the U.S. military commander has admitted the
U.S. defeat in Afghanistan, too.
Although defeat of the U.S. forces has been
known since a long time ago, the forces have been driven into a situation where
financial crisis forces them to withdraw from Afghanistan. U.S. Secretary of Defense
Mattis also has wished for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan as Mr.
Jarett Kushner has. He seems to have intended to outsource U.S. military
services to a private military company. However, this plan seems to have not
been implemented because of dislike by the Afghanistan side.
Vice President Pence seems to think that
the U.S. troops should not be withdrawn from the viewpoint of strategic
importance. Although President Trump has announced to temporarily increase troop
numbers dispatched to Afghanistan, he would probably have bluffed the Taliban
to negotiate a favorable settlement with it.
The Taliban shows an overwhelming strong
presence in Afghanistan and the U.S. troops are completely disregarded by the
Afghans. The first tweet shows that Russian troops are likely to intervene in
Afghanistan. Does it mean that like Iraq, the puppet regime of Afghanistan has
prepared the ground for acceptance of Russian cooperation? If so, it seems that
we will see the war in Afghanistan end with victory of Russia.
August
23, 2017
Masatoshi
Takeshita
Note:
Shanti-phula has indicated some parts of
the following text in black boldface type or in red letters.
Distributed by Twitter
ロシア、もしアフガン政府と米国がアフガニスタンのＩＳを封じ込めることができなければロシア軍が出動する。特にＩＳが中央アジアへの国境を越えた時。t.co/ue6mWWK09b— 藤原直哉 (@naoyafujiwara) 2017年8月22日
Naoya
Fujiwara
@naoyafujiwara
Russia says that if the Afghan government
and the U.S. cannot contain the Islamic State in Afghanistan, the Russian troop
will go into action, especially when the IS crosses the border to Central Asia.
8:36 – August 23, 2017
— 藤原直哉 (@naoyafujiwara) 2017年8月22日
Naoya
Fujiwara
@naoyafujiwara
Stars Stripes, the U.S. military
quasi-organ paper
The U.S. government has spent taxpayer
money of $714 billion since the start of the Afghan war in 2001, but almost
every effort ends up in vain.
8:15 – August 23, 2017
-----
English translation of the Japanese version
of ParsToday – August 22, 2017 –
U.S.
military commander admits defeat in Afghanistan
Commander Nicholson of
the U.S. troops in Afghanistan admits defeat in Afghanistan.
According to IRIB from Kabul, Afghanistan,
Commander Nicholson said on 21, Monday: “The defeat in the Afghanistan war is
irretrievable.”
Tens of thousands of people have been
killed since the U.S. attacked Afghanistan under the excuse of the fight
against terrorism in 2001.
Many of these people were
killed by criminal acts of the U.S. troops and repeated attacks by U.S. drones. This has provoked resentment of the Afghans.
The Afghans also call for the withdrawal of the allied
forces from Afghanistan.
At present, 10,000 U.S. troops and about 13,000
coallition forces are stationed in Afghanistan. The
Trump administration has announced additional 14,000 troops would be deployed
to Afghanistan as part of new policy to Afghanistan.
English translation of the Japanese version
of Sputnik – August 22, 2017 –
President
Trum : U.S. support to Afghanistan is not unlimited
President
Trump warns that the U.S. is not going to give unlimited support to
Afghanistan.
Sputnik Japan
President Trump gave a special speech to troops at Fort Myer base, Virginia, said:
“America will work with the Afghan
government as long as we see determination and progress. However, our commitment is not unlimited, and our support is
not a blank check.”
President Trump emphasizes
that the American people expect real reform and actual achievements.
The U.S. military operation in Afghanistan
stated in 2001. The U.S demanded that the Taliban, antigovernment armed group,
hand over Osama bin Laden, leader of international terror group al-Qaeda, which
controls most parts of Afghanistan, along with top members of the group. After
the Taliban refused to extradite them, however, U.S.-led coalition decided to
start military action in Afghanistan.
After several years of military actions, a
gradual withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan started in July 2011. It was
announced that troops would only play a role to support security in
Afghanistan.
On the other hand, war has been practically
continuing in Afghanistan.
According to earlier report, a rocket
struck the heart of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, at night on 21.