On 14 April 2021, President Biden announced the pullout of US troops from Afghanistan [1].

However, this is not the implementation of the plan promoted by his predecessor (withdrawing troops and stopping the “endless war”). Moreover, Joe Biden never even mentioned abandoning the Rumsfeld / Cebrowski strategy.

Defense Secretary Gen. Lloyd Austin said that the U.S. will continue to pay Afghan army and police salaries and is expected to be in charge of Air Force and Special Forces equipment. Strictly speaking, this smacks less of a “withdrawal”, than a “demotion operation”, with the Pentagon being willing to redeploy its troops to other fronts.

It looks as though the Pentagon intends to continue the “endless war” in Afghanistan the way it started it in Lebanon: without US troops, playing only on local divisions.

Another lie has incidentally come out! According to President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken, the United States has kept its promise: They have “brought Osama bin Laden to justice” (sic).

[1] “Announcement of US military withdrawal from Afghanistan”, by Joseph R. Biden Jr., Voltaire Network, 14 April 2021.