Though the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has been well-publicized, and 90% of the US military has already left, the CIA will stay and continue the US policy of meddling in foreign governments, which is supported by both conservative parties, Republicans and Democrats. An article posted by NPR on July 12 laments how difficult it will be for the CIA to continue meddling without the assistance of US soldiers to protect their agents.
We will likely see a return to the CIA’s old tricks:
- Organizing antigovernment terrorists and assassins within the country.
- Shipping in organized terrorists from other states, including mercenaries.
- Sending military weapons into the country.
- Organizing protests against the government.
- Claiming that protesters are demanding an end to the anti-US government, though this is not true for most protesters.
- Financing pro-US politicians (fascists)
- Publicizing crimes of the new government and fabricating crimes.
- Claiming that anything bad that happens in the country is because the government is opposed to “freedom” though what the US wants is not freedom for Afghanistan, but rather the right of international capitalists to exercise control over the Afghan government.
For most nations that prefer to be free of US domination, the main source of internal conflict is economic struggle, which is mostly caused by a US economic policy that actively harms that nation. The CIA doesn’t carry out this part, but certainly recommends it to the US executive branch. The overarching plan of the CIA is to spin a narrative that blames all the damage caused by US economic policy on the hostile government — both within the free nation and in the context of international governments and the international press.
The long-term result for any country living in a prolonged state of siege is that it becomes more authoritarian. As long as conservatives control the US government, the US solution to that authoritarianism will just be more authoritarianism.