The 15th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan — a war with no foreseeable end in sight — quietly passed by unnoticed Friday by major U.S. media. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, even Ukraine are fractured states, the ensuing misery for their citizens a natural consequence. The fact is when the same scenario is repeated time and again, many see it as the goal of U.S. policy disguised in platitudes. The most troubling aspect of the Afghanistan war is one basic irrefutable fact: Neither the Afghan people nor their government had any involvement in the 9/11 attack. Who ever heard of killing people to save them?

Source: The North Africa Journal October 12, 2016 15:11 UTC