Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles

Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles

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US troops ‘will temporarily deploy’ to Afghanistan to help evacuate diplomats

ICYMI: The Pentagon has quietly established two new Afghanistan-linked offices, including its Defense Security Cooperation Management Office-Afghanistan, and the Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism Headquarters, both based in Qatar. (Tip of the hat to Dr. Jonathan Schroden, who directs CNA’s Countering Threats and Challenges Program.)

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The US isn’t going to leave Afghanistan alone:

China emerges as reliable partner for Afghan development

US Fingerprints on Terrorism Aimed At China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

US-led Information War Targets Southeast Asia (and China)

US officials warn against all travel to Russia, citing ‘terrorism’ concerns & inability to provide consular support

RT | June 29, 2021

The US State Department has told its citizens not to travel to Russia under any circumstances, with Washington suggesting that Americans could be kidnapped, arrested, tortured and even supposedly jailed on trumped-up charges.

US officials warn against all travel to Russia, citing ‘terrorism’ concerns & inability to provide consular support

Is the US embassy in China recruiting ‘traitors’?

Is the US embassy in China recruiting ‘traitors’?

Of course they are: Origins of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, 1949-1950

Give me a hundred million dollars and a thousand dedicated people, and I will guarantee to generate such a wave of democratic unrest among the masses–yes, even among the soldiers–of Stalin’s own empire, that all his problems for a long period of time to come will be internal. I can find the people.

Sidney Hook, 1949

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Congress’s fixation with China’s ‘malign influence’ undermines Americans’ civil liberties and security

Section 136, which also is not included in the McCaul bill, would authorize appropriations totaling $500 million over FY22-26 not only to support U.S. state media such as Radio Free Asia, but also to fund training for “local media” and “independent media,” in efforts to “combat Chinese disinformation.” Funds would target coverage aimed at discrediting Chinese activities such as the Belt and Road Initiative.