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America’s twenty years in Afghanistan left a long-term impact as negligible as Britain’s and Russia’s invasions did.Their words
Despite the expenditure of $1 trillion and the loss of 2,311 American and an estimated 95,000 Afghan lives, America’s long-term impact was as negligible as Britain’s and Russia’s.
Charles Glass
American-British author, journalist, broadcaster and publisher on the Middle East and the two world wars; former chief Middle East correspondent for ABC News; author of Tribes with Flags.
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America’s twenty years in Afghanistan left a long-term impact as negligible as Britain’s and Russia’s invasions did.
Despite the expenditure of $1 trillion and the loss of 2,311 American and an estimated 95,000 Afghan lives, America’s long-term impact was as negligible as Britain’s and Russia’s.
charlesglass.netSaid 16 Jan 2026This on korrents
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Those who protest injustice in Gaza, however ineffectively, are absolved of the culpability of waiting for everyone else to oppose it.
Their efforts, however ineffective, absolve them of the culpability of waiting for everyone else to be “against this.”
charlesglass.netSaid 24 Jul 2025This on korrents
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Their efforts, however ineffective, absolve them of the culpability of waiting for everyone else to be “against this.”
To Resist Injustice in Gaza and the Wider Worldcharlesglass.net
18 October 2024
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The murders enhanced Israel’s reputation for effective elimination of enemies—but also helped to spark Lebanon’s civil war and, as a result, Israel’s invasions of 1978, 1982, 2006, and, here we go again, 2024.
3 May 2024
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American actions, however, send a message at odds with Biden’s and Lu’s rhetorical flourishes: Don’t mess with Uncle Sam.
7 March 2024
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Why then the silence on the children killed, maimed, buried alive and orphaned in Gaza since the 8th of October last year?
10 December 2023
From one piece The US Condemned Stalin’s Prosecution of Journalists. Now It Uses His Playbook. 2 beliefs · charlesglass.net
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Evan Gershkovich and Julian Assange were imprisoned for doing a journalist’s job of keeping the public informed.Their words
Two of my colleagues — Evan Gershkovich in Moscow and Julian Assange in London — languish in prisons for doing their job: keeping you informed.
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Russia and the United States are both following Stalin’s playbook for prosecuting journalists.Their words
Russia and the U.S., knowingly or not, are following Joseph Stalin’s press playbook.
7 June 2023
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The government that sent veterans to war is responsible for finding ways for those with PTSD to resume their lives.Their words
Robinson found his way, and it is up to the government that sent them to war to find ways for the rest to resume their lives.
16 August 2012
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Catch-22Their words
Catch 22 has every character in it that the American military did have at the time and still has today in Iraq and Afghanistan: The money-makers, the crooks, the officers who were trying to claw their way to the top where they get their men killed, the placing in order of priority the pretence of military success at the cost of many civilian lives.
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America’s twenty years in Afghanistan left a long-term impact as negligible as Britain’s and Russia’s invasions did.
Despite the expenditure of $1 trillion and the loss of 2,311 American and an estimated 95,000 Afghan lives, America’s long-term impact was as negligible as Britain’s and Russia’s.
Imperial graveyard: the sufferings of Afghanistan, and of those who invade it Said 16 Jan 2026
Those who protest injustice in Gaza, however ineffectively, are absolved of the culpability of waiting for everyone else to oppose it.
Their efforts, however ineffective, absolve them of the culpability of waiting for everyone else to be “against this.”
To Resist Injustice in Gaza and the Wider World Said 24 Jul 2025
Israel’s 1973 assassinations in Beirut helped spark Lebanon’s civil war and, through it, Israel’s repeated invasions of Lebanon.
The murders enhanced Israel’s reputation for effective elimination of enemies—but also helped to spark Lebanon’s civil war and, as a result, Israel’s invasions of 1978, 1982, 2006, and, here we go again, 2024.
In Lebanon, Israel Is Only Sowing the Seeds of More Bloodshed and Terror Said 18 Oct 2024
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American actions toward Assange and Imran Khan contradict Biden’s rhetoric on press freedom and democracy: the real message is “don’t mess with Uncle Sam.”
American actions, however, send a message at odds with Biden’s and Lu’s rhetorical flourishes: Don’t mess with Uncle Sam.
If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange Said 3 May 2024
The world that rushes to save any child in danger has fallen silent on the children killed, maimed and orphaned in Gaza.
Why then the silence on the children killed, maimed, buried alive and orphaned in Gaza since the 8th of October last year?
Aren’t the Children of Gaza Worth Saving? Said 7 Mar 2024
Russia and the United States are both following Stalin’s playbook for prosecuting journalists.
Russia and the U.S., knowingly or not, are following Joseph Stalin’s press playbook.
The US Condemned Stalin’s Prosecution of Journalists. Now It Uses His Playbook. Said 10 Dec 2023
Evan Gershkovich and Julian Assange were imprisoned for doing a journalist’s job of keeping the public informed.
Two of my colleagues — Evan Gershkovich in Moscow and Julian Assange in London — languish in prisons for doing their job: keeping you informed.
The US Condemned Stalin’s Prosecution of Journalists. Now It Uses His Playbook. Said 10 Dec 2023
The government that sent veterans to war is responsible for finding ways for those with PTSD to resume their lives.
Robinson found his way, and it is up to the government that sent them to war to find ways for the rest to resume their lives.
From “Shell Shock” to PTSD, Veterans Have a Long Walk to Health Said 7 Jun 2023
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Catch 22 has every character in it that the American military did have at the time and still has today in Iraq and Afghanistan: The money-makers, the crooks, the officers who were trying to claw their way to the top where they get their men killed, the placing in order of priority the pretence of military success at the cost of many civilian lives.
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