Afghan Commander To Pentagon, “Campbell…Out.” If your name’s Campbell and you’ve had a storied career as an American general, you’re gonna want to go out on a high note. JC did that, throwing deuces to the Pentagon as only a retiring general can.
General Campbell’s About Face on Airstrikes General Campbell used to like things like Afghan howitzers and mortars. Now that it’s 2016 and he’s long gone, the US has picked up the pace of airstrikes supporting Afghan forces. To the tune of over 200%. Let’s figure out why, shall we?
All Hail The 11,000 The Washington Post gets on the SOF hagiography bandwagon with a testosterone-laden fawning ode to Afghanistan’s future saviors. Not even kidding.
Kabul Gets Pak Aid Because If You Can’t Bomb ‘Em, Buy ‘Em The Pakistanis are getting into the infrastructure development game in Afghanistan. Which is another round in the Great Game between Isalmabad and New Delhi. And if that aid is a carrot, then the ISI? That’d be the stick.
Taliban Go Full YMCMB And End Beef Because we’re mortal, all good beefs, not matter how valid, have to come to an end. Which is why Zakir’s backing Mansoor again. I like to think that Nas and Jay Z would approve.
ANA Get Their Sun Tzu On, Leave Checkpoints The Americans have never been happy with the Afghan’s defensive approach to the war in Afghanistan. That’s about to change, as the Afghans are giving up something they like a lot: checkpoints.
Cold War Redux: US Banning Russian Sales To Afghanistan Apparently it’s like 1979 all over again, because the US won’t let the Afghans buy its military gear from Moscow. Why? Because Syria.