[Epoch Times News on August 16, 2021]Hello, everyone, and welcome to “News Shooting Surprise”, my name is Daewoo.
Today’s focus: Anthrax infections have appeared one after another in Beijing and Shanxi! The Taliban seized power in eight days, the Afghan president fled, and a wave of fleeing emerges. The 20 years of the U.S. military’s achievements have been lost? Six major reasons for the defeat, Taiwan was warned, and Biden was criticized; the CCP created momentum for the recognition of the Taliban regime; the Hong Kong FDC was disbanded.
[The U.S. military’s 20-year success has been lost? The Taliban quickly occupied Afghanistan]
Many friends must have heard of what happened this weekend. Afghanistan has changed. The original government quickly collapsed under the Taliban’s offensive. The Taliban, who was rushed to the wilderness by the US army 20 years ago, returned to the capital of Afghanistan. It will be announced soon. The establishment of a new government is followed by a series of potential events that worries the outside world: including the suppression of women’s rights, the further deterioration of freedom in Afghanistan, and how the CCP, which is a brother to the Taliban, will interact with the regained Afghan Taliban regime.
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A few days ago, the Taliban organized in Afghanistan and only occupied a few capital cities in the north and south, but the war situation took a sharp turn. On Sunday, August 15th, the Taliban took the Afghan capital Kabul and the presidential palace was occupied. The president fled to a foreign country, symbolizing the commandership of the U.S. military. The new Afghan government under the support of the year fell.
This incident shocked the world for at least three reasons: First, as we just mentioned, why can the Taliban be able to recapture many years of loss from an armed organization that was beaten into a corner by the US military within a few days. The power of Afghanistan? Second, the Taliban’s counterattack, in the eyes of some people, seems to have rendered the US military’s painstaking efforts in Afghanistan over the past 20 years unworthy; third, this war has opened up a new case for possible future international conflicts, which means As the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, it is not only the strength of the force that determines the direction of the battle, but also a combination of many factors, which must be handled properly in politics, diplomacy, and military affairs.
At the same time, the “aggressive” consciousness of the subjects of the two sides of the war is also very important. As the US military, which is currently the “support” role, how to locate its merits and demerits? It is now Afghanistan, but some people have passed this case to think about it. Taiwan is now. Although the two have different importance in international strategy, they are very meaningful for reference.
In order to let everyone know the whole thing, let’s start with the 9/11 incident.
[U.S. troops are trapped in the “mud” of Afghanistan and the Taliban have never stopped since 2001]
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hiding in Afghanistan hijacked a civilian airliner and crashed into New York’s World Trade Center Twin Towers and the U.S. Pentagon. The Pentagon was only partially damaged, and the Twin Towers were completely destroyed, which shocked the world. incident of 911.
The World Trade Center Twin Towers were one of the landmark buildings in the United States at that time. They collapsed in the raging fire and billowing smoke during the live TV broadcast, which aroused the indignation of countless Americans and vowed to revenge. The U.S. government assigns responsibility for the 9/11 incident to the leader of Al Qaeda who is sheltered by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden.
On October 7th of the same year, the then-U.S. President Bush Jr. immediately announced that, under the name of “Long Operation Freedom”, the prelude to the war in Afghanistan was opened. At the same time, this is also the beginning of the US war on terrorism. In just eight weeks, on December 7th of the same year, the armed and backward Taliban regime was completely overthrown under the fierce U.S. offensive. At that time, the Taliban had only been in power in Afghanistan for five years. It began in 1996 and ended at the end of 2001. However, since then, the Taliban, who lost power, have not given up, but have endlessly wanted to regain power. In the past 20 years, this attempt has never stopped.
At the same time, with the support of the United States, Afghanistan has gradually established a democratic government, but it is fragile and deeply involved in internal factional struggles. It must also need the support of foreign troops. At the same time, the Taliban and other armed forces continue to invade. The United States and its allies were plunged into the quagmire of a long war. People suddenly discovered that the war in Afghanistan seemed to be endless.
The Taliban’s first large-scale counterattack was after the outbreak of the Iraq War in 2003. The focus of the U.S. military at that time was not in Afghanistan. So the Taliban took the opportunity to reorganize the stragglers and form new strongholds, mainly in southeastern Afghanistan, which borders Pakistan. The Taliban can attack or retreat to Pakistan.
Later, in the face of the tug-of-war with the Taliban, the US military and NATO allies began to continuously increase their troops to Afghanistan.
In 2008, at the end of Bush’s administration, the number of US troops in Afghanistan increased to more than 48,000. In 2009, Obama came to power. He promised to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, during his tenure, the wars were not over. By 2010, after several surges in his troops, the US troops stationed in Afghanistan had risen to 100,000. 50,000 soldiers from various NATO allies.
As of May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden, the key man who triggered the war in Afghanistan, was reportedly killed by the US military in Pakistan, but the situation in Afghanistan has not changed. The land makes the Afghan government sleepless.
At the same time, with the passage of time, war weariness in the United States has become more and more high, and everyone hopes to end the war in Afghanistan in an appropriate way. After Obama wrote a blank check, it was the Trump administration that was actually acting in this matter.
[Biden was accused of “unconditionally” withdrawing from the Taliban]
According to statistics from Brown University in the United States, since 2001, US taxpayers have paid as much as US$2.2 trillion for the war in Afghanistan. As of April 2021, 20,722 US soldiers have been wounded in Afghanistan and at least 2,448 have been killed. These dead are currently buried in District 60 of the Arlington National Cemetery in the United States. Because of this “endless war” and the continuous loss of human and financial resources, the American people are very tired of continuing this war.
From the first year of his administration in 2017, Trump has focused on the issue of ending the war in Afghanistan. On February 29, 2020, the U.S. government and the Taliban signed a historic agreement, and the U.S. promised to withdraw its troops conditionally. The conditions for the Taliban include controlling the number of troops and conducting peace talks with the Afghan government supported by the United States. What they expect is a peaceful and orderly transition and hope that the Taliban and the Afghan government will reach a permanent peace. The troop withdrawal deadline set by Trump is May 1, 2021.
However, after the signing of the peace agreement, the Taliban’s attacks continued to increase, but they did not endanger the overall situation and the rule of the Afghan government. However, it soon caught up with the U.S. election. As everyone knows, there will be a serious “surprise” in the 2020 U.S. election. By the time of the handover of the two governments around January 20, 2021, the number of US troops in Afghanistan had been reduced to 2,500, but there were also soldiers from other allies.
On April 14, 2021, the new Biden announced that the withdrawal time will be changed. The withdrawal will begin on May 1, and the withdrawal deadline will be postponed to September 11 this year, which is the 20th anniversary of the September 11th Incident. Before, however, he did not emphasize appropriate withdrawal conditions as Trump did.
On July 8 this year, the deadline for withdrawal fell on August 31. The decision on this matter was made last month. But not long after, just entering August, the Taliban could not wait to start a general offensive on the entire territory of Afghanistan.
[The Taliban seize power in eight days! Six reasons for the defeat of the Afghan army]
On August 7, the Taliban conquered several provincial capitals in southern and northern Afghanistan. By August 13, 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 capital cities had fallen. At this moment, the United States has sent 3,000 troops to Afghanistan. The main purpose is not to defend against Taliban attacks, but to evacuate Americans and embassy personnel.
This is in line with Biden’s attitude. Just a few days ago, seeing the Afghan government forces retreating steadily, Biden repeated to the media the same words that he wanted to withdraw. He said that if he does not regret his decision to withdraw, Afghanistan must fight for itself. .
On August 14th and 15th, Pul-e Alam, which is near the capital Kabul, and Jalalabad, a major eastern town, fell one after another, and the Kabul government was facing disintegration at any time. So far, the Afghan capital Kabul is almost entirely Taliban forces. The Taliban besieged but did not attack, declaring not to “take the city by force” and forcing the Afghan government to abdicate.
On August 15, when the Taliban were approaching the city, the current president of Afghanistan hurriedly left Afghanistan by plane and fled to Tajikistan. There was news that he had resigned. The Taliban quickly entered Kabul, took over various power institutions, including the presidential palace, and fell into the hands of the Taliban. At present, the Taliban are almost close to taking full power in Afghanistan and are discussing the establishment of a government.
About two weeks ago, the Taliban and the Afghan government were still discussing who should run the country. However, in just 8 days from August 7th, the Afghan government with more than 300,000 troops, relying on American advanced American equipment, lost to the armed and backward Taliban with only about 70,000 people. The situation of the war changed rapidly. what is the reason behind the scene? Combined with what is currently known, there are at least six reasons.
First, although the Afghan government forces are crowded, they have to be dispatched to vast areas of the country and their forces are scattered.
Second, the Taliban is currently a major drug dealer in the world. Relying on drug trafficking, soldiers are paid higher salaries than the government army. Under the reward, there must be brave men. Coupled with the religious indoctrination of the Taliban, the soldiers may fight harder than the Afghan government army. .
Third, in this battle, the Taliban took the lead in conquering Afghanistan’s original powerful anti-Taliban force, called the “Northern Alliance”. It first pulled out this strong opponent, and then attacked Kabul from the north to the south, which seemed even more smooth.
Fourth, during the Taliban’s battle, many cities surrendered without fighting, or fled before battle. There may be many reasons for this. First, the Taliban may have supporters all over Afghanistan, and secondly, there are Taliban responses in the government forces. There are people who have been bought off, and three are eating too many plain rice among the Afghan government forces. They have no combat effectiveness and have long relied on the U.S. military. They really flee when it is their turn to fight, etc., for these reasons, even last week. The US military has sent air support, even B52 bombers, but the Afghan government forces do not fight well on the ground at all. They ran away when they saw the Taliban, and the US military was too anxious.
US Secretary of Defense Austin and other government representatives accepted questions from members of the US Senate and House of Representatives on the morning of the 15th. The members were generally angry. Austin said at the time that he was extremely disappointed with the performance of the Afghan government forces. When they encountered the Taliban, only A little resistance.
In addition, fifth, there is corruption within the Afghan government and military, which is also a key factor affecting combat effectiveness.
So the last reason, sixth, is that the Taliban have continuously seized American weapons and enriched their equipment in the course of their operations over the past week or so.
[AfghanistanfallsandtheUnitedStateswithdraws”reckless”repeatingtheembarrassmentofSouthVietnam?】
Now that the Afghan capital has fallen, the Taliban is only one step away from fully regaining power. The 20-year effort of the US military has been destroyed overnight. Many Americans, even leftists, have directed their anger at the Biden administration.
Jake Tapper, the leftist host of CNN in the United States, constantly pressed Secretary of State Brinken about Biden’s decision to withdraw troops. During the interview, he also criticized Brinken for constantly changing the subject.
Some ordinary voters who voted for Biden in the 2020 general election tweeted on August 14: I have to say, I really regret voting for Biden. Now think about it, I should definitely let Trump stay in the White House. Knowing these things that I only now know, my vote will be different.
As of the 15th, her tweet has received more than 10,000 retweets and 45,000 likes, indicating that there are many people who feel the same way.
On August 15, when the war in Afghanistan was the saddest, Biden was on vacation at Camp David, and he was criticized for this.
The scene of the U.S. Embassy personnel hurriedly evacuating from Kabul, Afghanistan by helicopter, has also been described as just like the Vietnam War. After U.S. troops withdrew from South Vietnam, the war was reversed and communism North Vietnam gained power. However, US Secretary of State Blincoln denied this in a media interview. He believes that the US military has completed its historical mission.
However, the Biden administration is throwing Trump away at the moment, saying that the agreement signed by the Trump administration and the Taliban prompted the United States to withdraw its troops in 2021. Everything has already started and it is irreversible. Biden said before that he has no choice. Nor can the war in Afghanistan be left to the next term.
However, Trump and McConnell, the leader of the Senate Republican Party he has criticized harshly, continue to point the blame to Biden. McConnell said that Biden’s reckless policy led to a sharp turnaround in the situation in Afghanistan. He also compared the situation today to the consequences of the U.S. military’s withdrawal from South Vietnam. Trump said that the agreement he signed with the Taliban was conditional, while Biden’s withdrawal was unconditional. Things could have been handled better. The current situation is unacceptable.
At present, the Taliban are preparing to send representatives to Qatar to negotiate with members of the fugitive Afghan government and transfer power. At the same time, there is a wave of fleeing in Afghanistan.
[Multinational envoys withdraw the Taliban in Kabul to establish power, fearing 390,000 refugees]
The United States will withdraw its embassy personnel in Kabul, Afghanistan within three days, temporarily close the embassy, and retain only a few personnel at the Afghan airport. In addition, the diplomatic institutions of many countries in Kabul have begun to withdraw. For example, the French embassy staff also evacuated to Kabul Airport, ready to leave at any time. Canada has also suspended operations in the Afghan embassy. Sweden evacuated all embassy staff.
The United Nations predicts that at least 390,000 new war refugees will emerge in Afghanistan and will face displacement. In Kabul, many people have fled after hearing that the Taliban had returned. On the Afghan border, many Afghans have already fled to other countries. Many countries, including Turkey, are preparing to pick up a new wave of Afghan refugees while considering ways to stop them.
These Afghans fled for a reason. According to current estimates, the Taliban intends to rebuild the original “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”, which is a system of “integration of politics and religion”, and may implement a rather extreme Islamic policy.
At present, French media reports that the Taliban have ordered 13-year-old girls to marry in the rural areas they occupy. Some daughters have declared that they would rather resist the Taliban’s order with death. Women who are under Taliban rule, if they commit adultery, According to the original law, people were to be stoned to death. Women are not allowed to go out without the company of a man, and girls are not allowed to go to school.
I wonder if this time the Taliban has come back, after 20 years of separation, will it change. However, some analysts believe that there will be no essential changes in the Taliban, and there may be some changes in the external “packaging”. For example, the Taliban recently issued a statement stating that they will not retaliate against anyone who has served for the Afghan government, and that they want people to stay in Afghanistan and not leave out of fear.
However, the current wave of immigration in Afghanistan has shown the pitiful value of the Taliban’s credibility. The British Prime Minister has called on the international community not to recognize the upcoming Taliban government bilaterally or to recognize the Taliban.
[Yuan Hongbing exposes the CCP’s training of terrorists, Beijing wants to recognize the Taliban regime]
However, while the international community generally dislikes the Taliban, there is an “alien” who is ready to recognize the Taliban regime as soon as possible. This alien is not Russia, because the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made it clear that so far, it does not intend to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate government.
At the end of July this year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Taliban representatives in Tianjin and said that he hoped that Afghanistan would have a moderate “Islamic policy” and would be brothers with Taliban.
On August 13, the CCP’s Global Times reported that if Afghanistan establishes a transitional government, it must have the Taliban. Reuters reported that the CCP is already creating momentum for the recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate regime, so that the Chinese are psychologically prepared.
The CCP and anti-American forces in Central Asia and the Middle East, including the Taliban, are true “old friends.” “Yuan Hongbing,” who left the CCP system in his early years, said that the Ministry of Public Security of the CCP participated in the training of terrorists in the Middle East in its early years, and the Afghan Taliban guerrillas were trained in the same way.
Yuan Hongbing said that his classmate “Meng Hongwei” once told people that training a similar terrorist or guerrilla only costs 10,000 US dollars, but it can cause huge financial and human consumption to the United States. Yuan Hongbing also revealed that the former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden secretly sneaked into the CCP to seek medical treatment when he was hunted down by the US army before his death.
[TheCCPwillusetheTalibantofallintoAfghanistanwhatwarningdoesitgiveTaiwan?】
For the CCP, like the pro-communist Burmese military government, obtaining a pro-communist Afghan Taliban government can open the door to the Middle East, make it easier for the CCP to interact with Iran and other countries’ materials and make it easier for Afghanistan to join the so-called ” The Belt and Road Initiative has made it an important node for the Chinese Communist Party to move westward.
Regarding the fall of Afghanistan, the US “New York Times” also paid special attention to Taiwan. It published an article saying that the incident had affected the image of the United States among its allies, making it question how countries such as Taiwan, Ukraine, and the Philippines should rely on the United States.
But the report does not seem to give an answer. I think the strategic significance of the Taiwan Strait must be higher than that of Afghanistan for the United States. Other countries such as Japan and Australia have also clearly stated that they are on the side of Taiwan. Therefore, from the current situation, once the Taiwan Strait is in danger, the United States should not be in a relatively let up state like in Afghanistan. To some extent, the United States The withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is in response to the CCP and Russia.
On the contrary, it is strategically beneficial to Taiwan. Coupled with the participation of Japan and Australia, it is a high probability event that the Taiwan Strait will obtain stronger support from friendly forces in the war.
However, the problem is that Taiwan may not be able to focus on relying on the United States and its friendly forces. Instead, it is true that it builds a strong armed force by itself. After all, this time Afghanistan has fallen rapidly. One of the most criticized reasons is the Afghan government. The army’s own “non-resistance” and internal problems.
[Soros approves the disbandment of 9 cases of skin anthrax in Shanxi by Xigang People’s Front]
At the same time, for Taiwan, the international environment is also very important. At present, the big leftists in the world seem to have a tendency to shout “anti-Xi” but not “anti-Communist.” But after all, Xi is now the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, so the big left in the world has begun to “anti-Xi”, and it may not be a bad thing for Taiwan within a period of time. But in the long run, “anti-Xi” or “anti-communist” is not a solution. Because, don’t look at Xi Jinping’s nostrils in the world, but the Chinese Communist system first had such a powerful figure as Xi. If the Chinese Communist system and all the stubborn or incurable evil elements in it are not dealt with completely, Then only “anti-Xi”, then there may be the next Zhang Jinping and Yang Jinping, and they will never stop. However, this phenomenon alone is worthy of attention.
The most typical big leftist anti-Xi is the Western financial giant Soros. In the eyes of American conservatives, he is simply a culprit who pushes communism to ruin the United States, but he posted an article in the Wall Street Journal on August 14. Said that Xi Jinping is the “most dangerous enemy of an open society” in the world, and that “the entire Chinese people are victims.” Many people are under close surveillance because of his social credit monitoring system. At the same time, Soros said that Xi Jinping is carrying out a systematic campaign to eliminate people who have accumulated a lot of wealth. After some entrepreneurs are arrested, wealth may be taken away under various excuses. Xi Jinping’s goal is to China’s wealth creators are under the control of a one-party authoritarian regime. Finally, he also warned that the rapidly deteriorating US-China relations may trigger war. In the next ten years, Xi Jinping intends to occupy Taiwan.
Many of Soros’s remarks are not unreasonable, or they are right to the point. However, as a big leftist in the West, he suddenly turned against Xi with a high profile. This is very worth seeing.
Under Xi Jinping’s left turn policy, the fall of Hong Kong’s freedom is obvious. On August 15th, the Hong Kong Civil Human Rights Front, a democratic organization known as the “FDC” for short, which had a huge influence during the anti-transmission period, announced its dissolution. Since 2002, the FDC has organized and organized a number of large-scale activities based on the principle of peace, justice and non-compliance, including the Anti-Article 23 in 2003, the Umbrella Movement in 2014, and large-scale rallies of 1 million, 2 million and 1.8 million during the anti-transmission period. The dissolution of the FDC is the inevitable result of the autocratic pressure created by the CCP after entering Hong Kong.
However, the FDC still stated in the final statement: Although the FDC no longer exists today, we believe that different groups will continue to stick to their ideals and not Don’t forget their original intentions and support civil society! Hong Kong people, come on! People are here, hope is there!
At the end of the show, we will share one more thing with everyone. It is Beijing, China. There was a case of “pulmonary anthrax” last week, but this week, 9 cases of “cutaneous anthrax” were suddenly reported in Wenshui County, Shanxi Province, and the villages involved in the accident have been disinfected. Anthrax is spread by Bacillus anthracis. The condition after infection is very terrible. The fatality rate of skin anthrax is 40% and that of pulmonary anthrax is 85%. The harm should not be underestimated.
The recent successive reports of anthrax infections in China are quite shocking. Anthrax leaks from biochemical plants in the former Soviet Union have caused large-scale infections in local cities. But why China has successively experienced anthrax infections in Beijing and Shanxi in a short period of time? It is hoped that more definite news will appear as soon as possible, so that the outside world will feel at ease.
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