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with this in mind and playing along why did the US stop the endless war there? One answer could be: it was Trump who started this and he wanted to stop the cor

with this in mind and playing along why did the US stop the endless war there? One answer could be: it was Trump who started this and he wanted to stop the corruption, and the US is getting better. Another answer could be: it hasn't stopped, its just a lull before the US starts up endless war again. I suspect that one can make any argument fit any reasons from any angle and there will be some truth in some of each of the ideas.

wpurvis1 5y ago
The US will be going back to war as soon as it can find a casus belli. The US Dept of defense is the largest single employer on the planet. Our arms industry is enormous. If there is no war the industry faces the threat of reduced employment and ultimately income. Aside from that, here's a quote from Biden's speech about Afghanistan I find relevant. "Today, the terrorist threat has metastasized well beyond Afghanistan: al Shabaab in Somalia, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Nusra in Syria, ISIS attempting to create a caliphate in Syria and Iraq and establishing affiliates in multiple countries in Africa and Asia. These threats warrant our attention and our resources." https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/16/remarks-by-president-biden-on-afghanistan/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/20...
peter422 5y ago
Or maybe there are multiple competing interests, and the interest who wants an endless war lost out to public pressure and loss of faith of 2 different presidents. The war in Afghanistan was still fairly popular among the general public until very recently.
h2odragon 5y ago
That's what scares me; the pigs feeding at the trough of "endless war" aren't going to get less hungry, and they're not going to take kindly to the idea of missing a meal. No matter how many stupid looks they show on TV and how much "complete surprise" they proclaim, there's people been making a living off this war for a while and they saw the writing on the wall. Do we expect they've packed up and gone home to a quiet retirement? Or is the next chapter of "how much shit can we waste" already on railcars?

wpurvis1 5y ago

The US will be going back to war as soon as it can find a casus belli. The US Dept of defense is the largest single employer on the planet. Our arms industry is enormous. If there is no war the industry faces the threat of reduced employment and ultimately income. Aside from that, here's a quote from Biden's speech about Afghanistan I find relevant. "Today, the terrorist threat has metastasized well beyond Afghanistan: al Shabaab in Somalia, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Nusra in Syria, ISIS attempting to create a caliphate in Syria and Iraq and establishing affiliates in multiple countries in Africa and Asia. These threats warrant our attention and our resources." https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/16/remarks-by-president-biden-on-afghanistan/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/20...

peter422 5y ago

Or maybe there are multiple competing interests, and the interest who wants an endless war lost out to public pressure and loss of faith of 2 different presidents. The war in Afghanistan was still fairly popular among the general public until very recently.

h2odragon 5y ago

That's what scares me; the pigs feeding at the trough of "endless war" aren't going to get less hungry, and they're not going to take kindly to the idea of missing a meal. No matter how many stupid looks they show on TV and how much "complete surprise" they proclaim, there's people been making a living off this war for a while and they saw the writing on the wall. Do we expect they've packed up and gone home to a quiet retirement? Or is the next chapter of "how much shit can we waste" already on railcars?