𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧?

 

The US left Afghanistan in July 2021 after a 20-year war and defeat. I wrote the following text at that time.

--Nasir Khan

Every single soldier from the US and the NATO allies who died in Afghanistan died merely to comply with the orders of the US rulers, like G W Bush, Dick Cheney and their neo-conservative secretaries and associates to start with, who were the frontmen to serve corporate interests of the military-industrial complex and the war profiteers from their safe and secure places in the United States. None of them took any risks because that task was reserved only for the 'men and women in uniform'!

But none of the ordinary soldiers, dead or alive, saw or would ever know or see the war profits in billions the war profiteers made and pocketed. Any shares and dividends for the fighting 'patriots'? No, no place for such questions! In any case, no one would respond to such questions.

However, what is certain the men and women in uniform who survived the long war soldiers will get a pat on their backs, as always, some rhetorical thanks for their 'heroic' deeds in Afghanistan to serve America and when the time comes they could do the same for their country. What awaits these heroes is not a hidden secret. Many will take their own lives, and many will complain they are forgotten. That has happened to the war veterans of Iraq and of other imperial wars.

We should keep in mind that these soldiers of the invading army were not sent there as 'good Samaritans' only, but to kill and crush those who resisted the American occupation. They killed and destroyed many thousands of innocent Afghans. Finally, the invaders have been forced to vacate Afghanistan after their 20-year-long war.

Which country will the US rulers and the military planners choose next? They have their sights set on some. One thing we can rule out is that they will take a long vacation after their humiliating defeat in Afghanistan. They will, instead, start or help some ally start a war somewhere to serve the same interests -- military-industrial complex and its deep pockets. That is a lesson from the history of US wars when Washington bosses decide to intervene for some 'noble' cause, that soon becomes a brutal war by the mightiest military power in human history. The US army may lose, as its record after World War II shows. In contrast, there are always some who never lose, and they are the major American weapon manufacturers, their merchants, contractors and war profiteers.