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Operation Allies Welcome, Afghanistan Refugees
It’s been said if you want an influx of refugees from some country overseas the US Military needs to start a war there. Afghanistan is one of those places.
Most American school kids can’t find it on a map, let alone their own State Capitol’s location even when they live a couple of blocks from it. Ask them why the US Military dabbled in foreign aid to the country of Afghanistan in the 1980s or why more recently why we fought there for over 20 years before President Trump decided to pull out the Troops from there a year by negotiating with the Terrorists known as the Taliban in 2020, then pulling out a year later. More than likely they’ll blame Biden for the withdrawal in August 2021. Do you really think Biden was capable of negotiating an exit? C’mon Man! Nope it’s Trump’s fault, or that he listened to Generals who didn’t have allegiance to the nation like General Milley.
My New Neighbors from Afghanistan
Wednesday is my Yoga Day at the VA-Minneapolis. They have a department called the Center for Integrative Health & Healing. To get there I need to catch the 3A bus going westbound, then at Snelling Ave I have to catch the A-Line rapid transit bus to the 46th St Station in Minneapolis to travel 2 stops on the Blue Line Light Rail. The VA-MPLS is technically in Bloomington Minnesota which is either the 3rd or 4th largest city in the state.
Though the first leg of this journey is from my low income apartment building on Maryland Avenue to Como & Snelling. Early Fall roughly September 2024, there was a new group of people waiting at the bus stop, a husband, wife, and a small boy. I don’t know their names and even if I could spell them I wouldn’t use them here, I respect them too much. Let’s call the husband Arman and the wife Maryam.
Each Wednesday I see them at the bus stop. Their destination is the International Institute of Minnesota it is just across the street from the MN State Fairgrounds, about a block west of the Fairgrounds Business Office. There they join other Afghanis to learn to speak English. Arman I’ve learned was a lawyer in Afghanistan. I’m not sure to what capacity if that was part of their Sharia Law or Civil Law. I’m thinking the latter, though there’s probably a lot of Muslim faith culture mixed in there.
They seem like a nice couple. Maryam does wear a head scarf but she isn’t draped in a Burka where you can only see her eyes. I’ve noticed she has had different colored head scarves. Mostly I talk to Arman. Their boy & girl 4, and 6 respectively are like regular kids everywhere who can’t wait to play and enjoy life. Hopefully they have the chance to visit a free Afghanistan in the future.
From knowing Muslims in Minnesota they are a very family based conservative group of people. There are always some fringe who have abused their freedoms offered to citizens here, but the most part they aren’t fanatical as one stereotype of Muslims are. Those who supported our troops and hoped for a Free Afghanistan deserve our respect and honor.
The Lion of Afghanistan
He is the stuff of legends, and even a fictional novel by Ken Follett “Lie Down with Lions,” Ahmad Shah Massoud. He unified factions in Afghanistan during the war they had against the Soviet Union and with the CIA’s help to push the Soviets out of the country. He also fought against the Taliban as well. Ahmad Shah Massoud was the equivalent of their George Washington, a leader on the battlefield and a leader who was able to unite people politically.
Unfortunately on September 9th, 2001 in a coordinated attack at many places Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated by an Al Qaeda suicide team posing as reporters.
His son Ahmad Massoud has taken up his mantle of leadership. He has written a book about his vision for a Free Afghanistan. Here is the Barnes & Noble Link to it. In the Name of My Father, by Ahmad Massoud.
The USA Has been Funding the Taliban Every Week
The interview above has chapters on different parts of the interview when different subjects are discussed. The most disgusting part of the Interview with Commander Massoud is at Time Stamp: 1:40:13. This is when he tells about how the US Government is funding the Taliban.
According to Sarah Adams, an Intelligence Analyst and a Terrorist Targeter for the CIA, who has been on the Shawn Ryan Show, says the US Taxpayers are funding the Taliban to the tune of $40 million a week.
With the attacks on US Citizens and our Allies around the world, we need to stop funding current and future terrorism aimed at the USA.
The interview by the Shawn Ryan Show was published on July 16, 2024. I’ve been busy otherwise I would have posted it sooner. Yet I looked at the Petition Shawn Ryan created and they are about 94,000 signatures short off their goal. The warnings from Commander Massoud, Sarah Adams and others are coming home now that we are seeing terrorism take place in New Orleans and other places. It’s seems like a self-inflicted wound as we are funding this nonsense ourselves. Please sign the petition above. I’m not getting compensated for posting this. I am US Army Veteran, Reagan Era, and I have new Afghani neighbors who would rather live in Free Afghanistan. Commander Massoud wants that too. ~~ Publius Jr.
