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    Default U.S. Strikes Taliban Targets in a Show of Force in Afghanistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. military aircraft struck a number of Taliban positions this week in support of faltering Afghan government forces, in one of the first significant American reactions to the insurgents’ blistering advance across Afghanistan as U.S. troops withdraw.

    At least one of the strikes was against Taliban positions in the key southern city of Kandahar, slowing an advance that threatened to take over the city.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/w...n-taliban.html

    The United States is a failed empire. We need to recognize that and move on.

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    "On Wednesday, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, warned of the possibility of a “complete Taliban takeover,” saying the insurgents now had the “strategic momentum” in the fight against Afghan government forces."

    What did Milley think was going to happen? The Taliban always had the power.

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