Comments by "M gronich" (@mgronich948) on "Afghanistan: Kabul under the Taliban | DW Documentary" video.

  1. The quick fall of the US puppet govt was a surprise to everyone, including the western media. (of which DW is a part). In part it was because they believed their own propaganda. Back in 1979, the CIA arranged a coup in Chile to topple a democratic government and installed a military dictatorship. 10's of 1000's died. In Afghanistan it was an invastion and the US set up a puppet government. There were elections, but the person the US govt wanted to win always won. The Afghan people knew instinctively it was a puppet govt, after all the US arms set it up under threat of death by the US army/airforce. So while some voted, they knew its the US's government not their government. That's why at the end everything imploded so quickly. No Afgan wanted to die for their democracy, (the puppet government). The collapse of the puppet government humilated the NEOCons, of the US government. So they made sure that the meager ~10 billion the Afghan govt had would be frozen in US banks. Then it lobbied other countries not to recognize the Taliban, and not to provide aid or even "trade". The US govt got the insurance companies to raise the cost of insuring planes landing at Kabul to raise the insurance rates so a ticket from Tehran to Kabul would cost 1500 instead of $300 that it used to cost. And the NEOCons laughed. If Afghans outside want to send money to their relatives, in need of money to buy food, they will be accused of funding terrorists and put in jail. The NEOcons laughed. In the comming months some people in Afghanistan will feel great hardship, food iinsecurity perhaps many will even starve. The NEOcons will laugh again. We will never release the 10billion until Women are allowed to serve in government.
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