A Side Effect from the Pentagon’s Lost War in Afghanistan No One Else Will Tell You
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Your government doesn’t want you to know the truth: they declared war on Afghanistan. The Pentagon doesn’t want you to know: they lost the war. The mainstream media won’t tell you the truth: they are owned by oligarchs who own our government. But, I will: it’s my responsibility. When George W. Bush failed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden late in 2001, he left our military forces behind, creating our nation’s longest war. When our military forces left Afghanistan in August, 2021, our nation had lost 2459 lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. It was the Pentagon’s 4 th loss since WWII. However, the losses continue today. HOW OUR NATION CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM ANOTHER UNWINNABLE WAR After the final members of America’s military left Afghanistan, its poppy fields began to grow rapidly. Today, most of the world’s illegal heroin is produced in these fields. A whopping 85 percent of all illegal sales across the world originate from a previous war zone, a...