Jim Inhofe

Biden isn’t ending the Afghanistan War, he’s privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain

Grayzone Project - 2021-04-17 - Original post - Cached copy

Over 18,000 Pentagon contractors remain in Afghanistan, while official troops number 2,500. Joe Biden will withdraw this smaller group of soldiers while leaving behind US Special Forces, mercenaries, and intelligence operatives — privatizing and downscaling the war, but not ending it. (This article was originally published at CovertAction Magazine.) On April 14, President Joe Biden announced that he would end the U.S.’s longest war and withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist […]

Hands off ‘our hemisphere’ or Venezuela pays the price: US Senator warns Russia

Aletho News - 2019-02-13 - Original post - Cached copy

RT | February 13, 2019 The US staked a claim on half the world, as Senate Armed Services Committee chair Jim Inhofe said Washington might have to intervene in Venezuela if Russia dares set up a military base not just there, but “in our hemisphere.” “I think that it could happen,” Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) told a […]

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