The Afghan Endgame…and Where It Will Lead

The cries of fear and despair, from the less than 1% of Afghans who’ve grown obscenely rich, courtesy of the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, are to be expected – they are the supporters of the thugs who thought that the U.S. could be blackmailed into expending blood and treasure ad infinitum, no matter what these gangsters said or did, because of their “you need U.S. more than we need you” mantra.– The Afghan Endgame…and Where It Will Lead - TIME, Chuck Spinney