Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan; One Fate for US Strategies?
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America and its allies are withdrawing from Afghanistan, while “Taliban” with whom Washington has negotiated for years stays, and so does the ruling regime that is incapable of solving the country's basic problems, except for a few.
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“War making” is an approach adopted by America to impose hegemony on other countries.
The US military announced the first steps in the course of withdrawing from Afghanistan, from the famous "Bagram" airbase, north Kabul, days after the US commander, Scott Miller, warned of the "risk of civil war in the country", thus, leaving the Afghan arena open to more complications and interpretations.
Strategic failure is the natural result of a 20-year occupation of Afghanistan by the United States and its allies, and the repercussions of such failure may appear later on if we choose to believe the American accountability mechanisms, which often go with the wind. Washington's declared goals in Afghanistan are "fighting terrorism" and preserving stability, yet neither was achieved.
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai sums up the scene, saying "foreign forces have failed miserably in their mission." This statement reveals much of Washington's intentions, as well as its direct or proxy military interventions in many countries.
“Making wars” is an approach adopted by America to impose hegemony, and its implemented methods varied, starting with direct military interventions to encouraging terrorism and supporting coups, as all the way up to causing civil wars; a policy Washington took on decades ago.
The United States has hardly left a country without trying to subjugate it, and its history is full of direct and indirect interventions, back since the end of World War II. This hostile tendency resulted in civil wars, which might actually be the ultimate undisclosed aim of the United State's administration.
Washington aimed to seize Afghanistan and turn it into a military protectorate that secures interference or control over the region’s wealth and future economic projects; a methodology it has also followed in its wars in Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nicaragua, and Somalia. Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen were no exception, with crimes committed against the state, the government, and even the people.
Former diplomat Michael Springmann said that "the current situation in Afghanistan no longer corresponds to Washington's interests after 20 years of war."
Springmann added to Al-Mayadeen that "people who have been trained by Washington are moving from one focus of conflict to another," noting that "Washington targets its opponents by any means, either through direct intervention, siege, or destabilization."
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Moreover, former Iranian diplomat Amir Mousavi told Al-Mayadeen that "the Democratic and Republican parties in America benefited from the war in Afghanistan by selling weapons," noting that "there is an Afghan popular mobilization formed in Afghanistan to confront the threat of terrorism."
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Former diplomat Vyacheslav Matuzov told Al-Mayadeen that "Washington is withdrawing from Afghanistan, but it is seeking to establish military bases in Central Asian countries," pointing out that the Americans were transporting terrorists from Syria to Afghanistan, Libya, and Azerbaijan.
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The Taliban militants welcomed the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from the Afghan airbase "Bagram". Taliban’s spokesman said that the complete withdrawal from Afghanistan "will pave the way for the Afghans to decide their future among themselves."
As a result of the US withdrawal, the Taliban intensified its attacks and took over many areas of the country in the last few weeks. It currently controls 81 of Afghanistan's 419 districts, according to US Defense Department estimates.
The Taliban recently took control of a major border crossing with Tajikistan in the north, as well as other areas surrounding the city of Kunduz, which was put under siege. But what raises concerns is the possibility of Kabul falling after the departure of US and NATO forces "amid indications of the possibility of a civil war."
