(2021-12-07). Ukraine asks for weapons meant to fight Taliban — report. rt.com 
Ukraine has requested a supply of American military equipment that was originally intended to go to Afghanistan, before the American-backed government fell to the Taliban earlier this year. | Minister of Defense Alexey Reznikov made the request during a visit to Washington last month, according to a report published in Foreign Policy magazine on Monday. He had flown to the US to ask for assistance in a number of military matters, including support for air and naval defense, as well as electronic warfare. | An unnamed Ukrainian defense official reportedly told Foreign Policy that Reznikov's list of requests fea…
(2021-12-07). U.S.-Ukraine Plan Emerges… Make Another Afghan Quagmire for Russia. strategic-culture.org U.S. President Joe Biden and his top aides continue to assert that Russia is building up forces to attack its western neighbor. | A senior U.S. Democratic Senator revealed more than he intended when he gleefully expressed a desire to see Russia invade Ukraine and for it to become another "Afghan quagmire". | Senator Chris Murphy who sits on the policy-influencing Senate Foreign Relations Committee
(2021-12-07). How Congress Loots The Treasury For The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex. popularresistance.org Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022. As they have been doing year after year, our elected officials are preparing to hand the lion's share – over 65% – of federal discretionary spending to the U.S. war machine, even as they wring their hands over spending a mere quarter of that amount on the Build Back Better Act. | The U.S. military's incredible record of systematic failure—most recently its final trouncing by the Taliban after twenty years of death, destruction and lies in Afghanistan—cri…
(2021-12-07). Whistleblower accuses UK of manipulation to save face during Afghan pull back. rt.com 
Thousands of emails about Afghans seeking help after the Taliban takeover were marked as read as part of a "public relations" effort to allow the UK government to claim there were no unread messages, a whistleblower has said. | The allegations are part of damning
(2021-12-07). Lithium in Afghanistan: Gold or Dust? moderndiplomacy.eu With Lithium being much in focus due to the increasing demand for the electrification of many areas on the planet, expectations and dreams around the delicate metal grow by the day. Many electronics devices, most devices with rechargeable batteries, modern electric vehicles in particular, but also in storage and balancing battery systems for the electric …
(2021-12-07). Raab 'proud' of Kabul evacuations, blames chaos on US. rt.com 
In response to whistleblower allegations, former British foreign secretary Dominic Raab has praised the "Herculean" evacuation from Afghanistan and said the UK was dependent on the US timetable. | Speaking to Sky News' Kay Burley on Tuesday, Raab hailed the evacuation of British nationals and allied Afghans from Kabul as "an absolutely heroic and Herculean effort." | "We did everything we could," he argued, adding that the airlift was "a record that those involved, particularly those working on the ground, should be proud of." | According to Raab, the Royal Air Force evacuated more than 15,000 people between…