The powers that be have clearly been lying about Afghanistan for years. The progress of the war, the capabilities of the Afghan army, the level of corruption—you name it, a lot of people with fancy titles have prevaricated to the American people. So what else are they lying about? From Bill Bonner at rogueeconomics.com:
POITOU, FRANCE – The financial news this week is overshadowed by the disgraceful fall of Kabul.
On July 8, President Biden said a Taliban takeover was “highly unlikely,” adding that there would be “no circumstance [where] you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy.”
And even if the Taliban did eventually take over, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in June, it won’t “be something that happens from a Friday to a Monday.”
But that’s exactly what did happen. The Afghan troops that the U.S. trained, bribed, and supported for 20 years didn’t fight to the last man… They simply dropped their guns and joined the other side.
Incompetent and Unreliable
In all of military history, we can’t think of any defeat so quick… so complete… or so ignominious.
Biden and Blinken were advised and informed by 17 different “intelligence” agencies – the CIA, the NSA, etc. – with billion-dollar budgets, thousands of big-head analysts, and all the latest spy technology.
How could they all be so incompetent?
Journalist Glenn Greenwald reports that the Pentagon had long reported that the Afghan army, which outnumbered the Taliban 4-to-1, was both incompetent and unreliable.
They didn’t make a “mistake,” said Greenwald, interviewed on Fox News by Tucker Carlson this morning, “they lied.”
So add Biden, Blinken, and a few spook chiefs to the gallows list. Hang ‘em high as a warning to the others.
Corruption and Conflict
But today, we wonder: What else are they lying about?
COVID-19 vaccines? Inflation? The economy? The green agenda?
Yes, Dear Reader, it’s amazing what you can’t see when you’re paid to be blind. And for a long time – 20 years, in the case of Afghanistan – you can keep the fantasy intact.
Then, in just a few days, it collapses like a punctured balloon.
STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC 