The Nations of Virtue, led as always by the USA, have lost Afghanistan.
What happens now?
Right off the top, the most sycophantic of Uncle Sam's acolytes will join in calling for sanctions against the Taliban. Women and girls and human rights, and all that good stuff.
The fact that the most vulnerable in Afghanistan, especially women and girls, will bear the brunt of sanctions is not a topic discussed in Western media.
The strategy of using sanctions to brutalise societies we can't defeat militarily has become standard operating procedure for the Nations of Virtue. Wreck a country, and when the locals push you out, clobber them with economic strangulation.
And if at all possible, keep arming and funding whatever rump opposition still opposes the victors. This is crucial for American interests, because when it comes to foreign policy, American interests are determined by the needs of the armaments industry and AIPAC.
Not a policy conducive to a bright future for America or anyone else, in my estimation.
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