Lavon Affair again? "Al Qaeda promises war on all fronts" as US prepares to withdraw troops

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Couple of days ago Biden advisor had warned about this. There is no indication that this could be Lavon affair type development aimed to stop US exit from Afghanistan.
Also to give credit where due, lately both former Presidents Karzai and Trump have acted much more responsibly and have refrained from repeating their previous claims about ISIS.


Aug 23, 2021

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Israeli Experts Say US Pullout from Afghanistan Sending Wrong Message to Middle East and Beyond
08-13-2021
Julie Stahl
JERUSALEM, Israel - After nearly 20 years, the US is pulling its troops out of Afghanistan, leaving a power vacuum that is quickly filling up with the radical Taliban group.
And some Israeli experts are concerned that the US pullout is sending the wrong message to the Middle East and others like China, Russia, Iran and Turkey.
“The fact that the United States is leaving will empower groups like the Taliban and other extremists,” said Seth Frantzman, author of ‘Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the Future’.

 

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In retrospect, other than maybe this one incidence, there is no evidence of any large scale systemic weapons testing taking place there that may have harmed Afghan civilians:

Karzai says US is using Afghanistan as weapons testing ground
April 17, 2017
KABUL // Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said on Monday that the United States is using Afghanistan as a weapons testing ground, calling the recent use of the largest-ever non-nuclear bomb "an immense atrocity against the Afghan people".

And for the record, Trump used a MOAB in Afghanistan.

 

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Israeli Experts Say US Pullout from Afghanistan Sending Wrong Message to Middle East and Beyond
08-13-2021
Julie Stahl
JERUSALEM, Israel - After nearly 20 years, the US is pulling its troops out of Afghanistan, leaving a power vacuum that is quickly filling up with the radical Taliban group.
And some Israeli experts are concerned that the US pullout is sending the wrong message to the Middle East and others like China, Russia, Iran and Turkey.
“The fact that the United States is leaving will empower groups like the Taliban and other extremists,” said Seth Frantzman, author of ‘Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the Future’.

In related news, another concern of our closest democratic ally in the world is in news today:

The Kabul Attack Took Attention Away From Biden And New Israeli Leader's Meeting
August 27, 2021

President Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to try to reset U.S.-Israel relations after their predecessors' polarizing relationship.
President Biden had hoped to spend much of Thursday hosting the new prime minister of Israel, Naftali Bennett. That was before the fatal bombings in Kabul, and Biden postponed the meeting till today. Israeli officials were already concerned the Afghanistan withdrawal might distract attention from this historic first meeting between the new leaders of both countries. NPR's Daniel Estrin traveled from Jerusalem with Bennett. He's here now.

npr.org/2021/08/27/1031809359/the-kabul-attack-took-attention-away-from-biden-and-new-israeli-leaders-meeting