Task & Purpose: Marine Corps Commandant: ‘We’re The Mujahideen’ In Afghanistan
Back in the 1980s, the United States considered the Mujahideen the “good guys” because they were waging a guerilla war against the Soviets Union in Afghanistan. Fast forward to the present and the Afghan Mujahideen are now widely viewed as the Islamic fundamentalists who eventually begat the Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS, and other folks who will hopefully meet their end at the business end of a MOAB.
Yet for some reason, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller awkwardly invoked the 80s image of Afghan freedom fighters while trying to strip away the Taliban and ISIS’ pretense of representing Islam in the middle of a May 2 press briefing on the state of the Navy of the Navy Department.
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WNU Editor: Strange .... from what I understand ..... most Afghans regard U.S. soldiers as .... U.S. soldiers. And quite frankly .... I think most (if not all) U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan see themselves as U.S. soldiers .... not as Mujahideen. So why make the comparison now? Who knows.
