…there’s this: …he Taliban are now selling tickets to visit the ancient monuments that they demolished in 2001, in an attempt to boost Afghanistan’s flagging economy. The Washington Post ...
https://www.thenewneo.com/2023/06/23/and-speaking-of-adventure-tourism/
The wheels of retribution grind slow: President Biden announced Monday that the U.S. government killed the leader of al Qaeda, Ayman Al Zawahiri in a “successful” counterterrorism operation i...
https://www.thenewneo.com/2022/08/01/nearly-21-years-after-9-11-a-drone-takes-out-al-zawahiri/
I think for the most part we already knew much of what’s reported here, at least those who were paying attention: A 2,000-page Army investigation found that senior military officials were frust...
https://www.thenewneo.com/2022/02/09/bidens-afghanistan-retreat/
Generals Milley and MacKenzie testified yesterday that they told Biden that such a precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan was not recommended and would lead to disaster: Testifying before the Se...
Entirely predictable, including the new secrecy part: As for their laws and punishments which Turabi insists are not to be criticized, he said that “cutting off of hands is very necessary for s...
https://www.thenewneo.com/2021/09/25/sharia-law-returns-to-afghanistan/
This piece by Melanie Phillips packs a lot into a fairly short essay. Phillips is a British writer who is a former liberal and who is not the least bit “woke” in her opinions. I believe she i...
https://www.thenewneo.com/2021/09/22/melanie-phillips-on-the-desire-to-end-forever-wars/
I’m not sure many of us were paying a whole lot of attention to what was being said about our withdrawal from Afghanistan before it occurred, but I think it’s instructive to look back and see...
https://www.thenewneo.com/2021/09/20/looking-back-predictions-about-our-afghanistan-withdrawal/
To a certain extent, when the Vietnam-era draft ended people lost interest in news of Vietnam. There was a flurry of renewed attention when we finally left and then cut off most of the military a...
https://www.thenewneo.com/2021/09/16/whats-happening-in-afghanistan/
The feckless General Milley, who did Joe Biden’s bidding in Afghanistan even though he knew it would be epically disastrous or who was so stupid himself that he didn’t even realize the conseq...
I haven’t yet watched the whole of this video – it’s long. But what I’ve seen seems excellent, if depressing. I suggest you watch (or just listen to, if you’re double-tasking) at least ...