btw, this is Orwellian aint it. Restoring the “bonds of loyalty” :
link:http://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-betrayals-military-escalation-in-afghanistan/5605330
“….Explicit rejection of international laws on warfare:
“I have already lifted restrictions the previous administration placed on our war fighters that prevented [us] from fully and swiftly waging battle against the enemy. … we will also expand authority for American armed forces to target the terrorists and criminal networks”;
An expansion of the war on Afghan nationalism into neighbouring Pakistan:
“In Afghanistan and Pakistan, America … must stop the resurgence of safe havens that enable terrorists to threaten America.”; and
An end to the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment right of dissent:
“We must restore the bonds of loyalty among our citizens“
In order to help ” the people of Afghanistan … achieve an everlasting peace” — one that would implicitly be defined as such by the U.S.– the Afghans are to help pay American military costs by allowing the U.S. “to participate in [Afghanistan’s] economic development“. This would presumably give the U.S. the control it wants of Afghanistan’s rich resources….”