Loyalty to the U.S. Government Questioned

By D. "Deuke"  © 2015

In recent times, and for probably the second time in my life, U.S. military personnel question whether the U.S. government, from which they take their orders is giving lawful orders, as it relates to Afghanistan, and other areas where the military is deployed. They ask, if the orders have been issued to weaken U.S. defense, as positions have been compromised, deals have been made that unilaterally shut off military intervention - even in places that intervention should be taking place - such as the battle against murderous terrorists beheading Christians, in and around Iraq and Syria, known as ISS.

U.S. military sources have told me that U.S. service personnel, "Question their own loyalty to the U.S. government." They have explained that they "Don't see the administration; that is, the executive branch, as supporting their 'mission' any longer. The "mission, which was thought to be establishing some kind of "normalcy to the region; to rid the farmers of the poppy fields in Afghanistan and to replace them with other cash crops; to form a democracy that people in the region would accept, and to rid them of the Taliban." Villages in the area have claimed for years now that the Taliban have spent decades repressing them. Service personnel say they are no longer carrying out the former orders to any major degree."

Very few seem to know why. The mission now, these same personnel say, is "confused with missions that are contrary to the initial directives. Today it is, "Protect the opium trade, continue to make sure oil flows through the various pipeline infrastructure, built more than a decade ago in Afghanistan, and to bring Muslim interests to the bargaining table, with emphasis on the latter, even if that includes the Taliban."
Attempting to get someone on the record about such news is nearly impossible. But it is still being tried. More later.................