You see to fight terrorism we need to leave small cells of armed men in the country to carry out various clandestine attacks in order to let people know they should fear and respect us.
Yes, but I think it was also the only inevitable option. No matter what happens there's going to be spooks doing spook shit in Afghanistan for years to come.
I would imagine mercenaries postdate prostitutes, but it might be a wash
It's Trump's plan but they actually delayed the timeline.
[leaves forces in Afghanistan past the agreed-upon withdrawal date]
[gets attacked as promised]
"aw jeez fellas we gotta send more troops we gotta get in there" :biden-harbinger:
Oh shit, I forgot about that article. I still think there is 50/50 chance it was a parody.
So we're gonna leave behind some little terror-cells like the Contras, sounds fucking great.
A bored German sits slumped over next to a red landline telephone that suddenly begins to ring
German: "Hallo! Yes....yes....Sure thing, we'll be right over ASAP!"
Slams phone
Hessian: "WIR HABEN EINSSSSS!"
This article from msn should be it
https://archive.is/mGy3b
however, the exact same passage seems to appear in an NYT article and others as well, so I guess they're copy pasting AP or a state department memo or something.
e: my mistake, looks like NYT is the original source
"Don't worry, I'll withdraw." "Its what all the nice boys say," mother would remind me.
Privatizing your occupation and declaring it the end of the occupation is the most neo lib shit I've ever heard. It would look over the top in Snowcrash
