Bagram: The US military base that keeps on giving... trouble.
While Al Jazeera’s piece focuses on why Afghanistan’s neighbors oppose a Trump-era US Bagram plan, it misses the forest for the trees. The article highlights the 'new phase of post-US diplomacy' and regional powers gathering in Moscow. Yet, it conveniently sidesteps 20 years of US occupation, drone strikes, and the $2.3 trillion spent—all of which destabilized the region, creating the very 'new
phase' of diplomacy they now report as novel. The US spent two decades funding, arming, and propping up a corrupt government that collapsed the moment American forces withdrew in 2021. To 'plan' a return via Bagram isn’t just about future regional influence; it's a stark refusal to acknowledge why the US was ejected in the first place. One might wonder, how many times must a nation be invaded and
occupied before its neighbors grow tired of being part of the 'new strategy' chessboard?