Beyond “mainstream” framing and distortion, key readings on Afghanistan – News Block

Throughout the centuries echo
new false screams
of honor won
last duty accomplished
From the land of conquest

rushed departure

The legions of the empire clash and run

The arrogance fell silent

silenced trumpets

Liberal hats keep urging

High-tech helmets chased by turbans

Overdrawn Fair Mission

Weight of our tan moral burden

Imperial servitude yours to learn

great backwards game

deadly merchants

spent armament of lies and weapons

youThe rapid fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has been widely treated by the Western political class and the “mainstream” media as a disastrous turn of events.

Indeed, beyond the tragic human carnage and sordid neglect, the humiliating withdrawal of US, UK and other NATO forces represents a positive historic outcome in rolling back the tyranny of imperialist invasion, occupation and looting of states around the world.

And, whatever troubling governance lies ahead for Afghanistan, it reaffirms the supreme right of indigenous peoples’ determination over predatory outside forces.

glenn greenwald makes the elementary point:

“Afghanistan belongs to the people of Afghanistan, not to the US and NATO.“

In their chaotic retreat, we now glimpse the true extent of the deceit and interventionist folly of this warmongering mission.

Or maybe not so angry for some. Because when it comes to the motivations and maneuvers of power, there is always a mercenary method in that madness.

That meddling madness will continue in Afghanistan, as elsewhere, in whatever devious guise.

However, as with Vietnam and the fall of Saigon, the liberation of Afghanistan and the easy capture of Kabul illustrate the ultimate historical failure of imperial invasion and regime change as a model of control.