Afghanistan
Afghanistan withdrawal report not about accountability, but it’s Donald Trump’s fault
The White House released a report about the Afghanistan withdrawal while insisting that the report was not about accountability. The report appeared to not indicate any faults that Joe Biden may have had in plannings related to the evacuation. However, the report appears to shift some blame to Donald Trump’s administration. The Trump Administration apparently […]
Afghan Orphan update
You may remember that a while back we talked about Marine Major Joshua Mast, who with his wife adopted an Afghan child. Except it turned out the little girl was living with her relatives at the time. Apparently her true parents were killed in a joint US/Afghan counter-insurgent raid in the war, and the 20-month […]
Tragic Testimony
U.S. Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews “During and After the Fall of Kabul: Examining the Administration’s Emergency Evacuation from Afghanistan.” The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee held its first hearing Wednesday on the United States’ precipitous troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, “One of the worst foreign policy failures in American history.” On the panel is a U.S. […]
Afghan baby mess
Not a happy case: Military Times paints a fairly damning picture of USMC Major Joshua Mast, who is pictured as adopting an Afghan baby illicitly. The article is hardly impartial, painting the Major in an extremely bad light, so keep that in mind while reading. In short: Mast became enchanted with the child while on […]
Afghan refugee damage
According to the AP, Afghan refugees billeted on US military bases have racked up some pretty healthy damages. Almost $260,000,000, as a matter of fact. In one case, training for the Indiana National Guard was relocated from Camp Atterbury to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, due to damages caused during “Operation Allies Welcome.” The facilities need to […]
Afghan government didn’t think US would actually leave, report finds
To be fair to the Afghans, most of us thought we’d never leave either. Military Times reports on a new by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction. Here’s the high points; The Afghans didn’t think we were serious about leaving. That probably came from all our double talking on the topic, maybe even Biden’s […]
Theodore Kosin – The 49 Day Commando – No NDSM
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Theodore James Kosin, 33 y/o, who comes to us from Jamison, Pennsylvania. It seems that Theodore has been telling tales of two tours in Afghanistan, a Purple Heart, and PTSD. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. First, there are the claims on Kosin’s LinkedIn page. […]
Afghan crew attempts to fly Black Hawk, they crash
The Taliban’s defense ministry reports that a U.S. made Black Hawk crashed, killing at least three crew members. Five others were wounded. Afghanistan did have US trained pilots, but they fled as it became evident that the previous Aghan government was going to fall and be replaced by the Taliban. From the Associated Press: ISLAMABAD […]
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