Afghanistan, which has been America’s longest war, has been dubbed “the forgotten war,”
While this is the case, many unanswered concerns regarding its unfinished goal still exist, such as why the leadership continued to work on it ten years after killing the 9/11 hijacker and taking down his deadly networks. The House Republicans, who won a slim majority in the midterm elections, have declared their intention to launch a new investigation into President Biden’s botched evacuation and bring it to a boil by the 2024 election season. However, it is the conflict’s chaotic conclusion from a year ago that is about to receive renewed attention. The C-17 Globemaster III was on an intelligence mission to transport a cutting-edge special operations helicopter for use in impromptu covert rescue operations. The crisis compelled the top commander at the airfield to order the C-17 back into the air rather than unloading the delicate cargo. For the CIA, hardline Afghan fighters had participated in capture/kill operations. Taliban forces, 82nd Airborne paratroopers, U.S. Marines, and the Army’s Delta Force all assisted in clearing HKIA. At various gates where Afghans and foreigners entered HKIA in a haphazard flow, the NSU teams pulled security.The CIA’s tiger-striped paramilitaries were frequently more brutal with their compatriots at North, East, and Abbey Gates.
Source:https://slguardian.org/cia-role-in-afghan-evacuation/
The title song from Swings Both Ways, Robbie collaboratedwith Rufus Wainwright. Apparently, they’re quite fondof double meanings. Robbie wrote: “Written by me, Guy Chambers and Rufus Wainwright in a room in the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles one afternoon earlier this year. Rufus has probably written some of the best songs of the last fifteen years. It’s an honour to have him on my record. I think I said ‘everybody swings both ways… ’, but then Rufus brought a lot to the table with this song.,. He works so quickly, and he’s so smart and so succinct that it’s kind of scary being in a room with him – you’ve got to keep pace the best you can. Songs are just stories. We’re now in a period of history where a male straight pop star with a following can sing a song that’s basically saying ‘Yeah, I help up for the other team, if they’re short’.