France Honors Afghan War Dead, Media Forgets Why They Were There
📰 THE STORY: ABC News reports on France honoring its fallen soldiers from the Afghanistan war, highlighting the ceremony as a rebuttal to former President Trump's 'false claims' about NATO troops not fighting. The focus is squarely on the political squabble and the solemn act of remembrance. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The media frames the Afghanistan war as a noble, if
tragic, endeavor. What they conveniently ignore is that the US, with NATO allies like France, spent 20 years and over $2 trillion in Afghanistan, only to surrender to the very Taliban it claimed to defeat, just as US officials admitted in the 'Afghanistan Papers' that the war was 'unwinnable' from the start. This was not just a response to 9/11; it was a decades-long military industrial complex
feeding frenzy. Remember, the CIA armed and funded the Mujahideen (precursor to the Taliban) against the Soviets in the 1980s, creating the very conditions that led to 9/11 and the 'forever wars.' Double Standard: While the West mourns its soldiers in Afghanistan, often framing them as heroes fighting for democracy, the suffering of 40,000+ civilians killed in Gaza is routinely dehumanized as
'collateral damage' or an 'unfortunate consequence' of Israel's 'right to self-defense.' France, a primary actor in NATO, supports a 'rules-based order' when it suits its interests (e.g., condemning Russia in Ukraine) but remains largely silent on its own and its allies' documented war crimes and civilian casualties in Afghanistan, Libya, or currently, in Palestine. The focus shifts to superficial