SAME OLD FOREIGN TACTICS FROM US

AS one of the last RAF planes full of frightened people taxied along the runway in Kabul, our Transatlantic chums were at it again.

Vice President Kamala Harris was in Vietnam trying to establish new regional allies for future misadventures.

As ‘President in waiting,’ she can only hope that no one mentions ‘that other futile war’ that ended back in 1975. It seems so long ago.

Despite the usual sophistry and deception, there’s something transparent about the world’s superpower that left another trail of devastation behind in the Cold War it helped create.

Afghanistan is destined to become just another footnote in history – and those who failed to secure a get-out-of -jail card, simply collateral damage.

Despite its recent shortcomings in Afghanistan, we must not forget the more successful US military engagements, such as Grenada in 1983.

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