USA’s Afghanistan Fiasco and the Mauritanian

I will tell you again about an important movie that tells a true story: The Mauritanian. It is the story of one of the 779 Muslim youths that the United States gathered in Guantanamo in Cuba after September 11 and could not prove their guilt. It will be released on April 9, 2021. I think don’t wait and watch from Torrents.

This movie is about one of the crimes that the United States of America still has not admitted to. Two weeks after the September 11, 2001 incident, a young man who came to his hometown of Mauritania while studying in Germany is taken to Jordan, then to Bagram base in Afghanistan and finally to Guantanamo in Cuba by US Intelligence. His English name is Mohamedou Ould Slahi, in Arabic, Muhammed Veled-i Salahi, and in Turkish Salih Oğlu Muhammed.

Let’s not go into the details of the movie. During his detention, he was subjected to the most disgusting tortures and was burdened with all the crimes of September 11. However, thanks to the honesty of a libertarian Lawyer and Military Prosecutor, he proved his innocence in 2009 and won the case. Despite this, the US Government did not release him for another 7 years, and he was liberated only in 2016.

It’s a great story and reveals the true face of the Guantanamo fiasco. Of the 779 detainees still held in Guantánamo, only 8 could be found guilty. If you watch the story, you even doubt them. Salih Oğlu Muhammed published his letters, which he reported by writing to his lawyer about his experiences, under the name of Guantanamo Diaries and became one of the best selling works. Now, based on this work, a Motion Picture was shot under the leadership of BBC Film.

The USA suffered a great defeat in Afghanistan. Before the USA, Russia also had defeated in the invasion of Afghanistan, which led to the deaths of 50 billion dollars and thousands of soldiers. Now the Biden Administration and the Taliban have reached an agreement, and on May 1, the US promised to withdraw from Afghanistan. But now he began to say that this withdrawal will be difficult and will not catch up. They are waiting a quick peace between Kabul and the Taliban, and the last hope is in Ankara. Negotiations will begin at the beginning of April. If Turkiye will achieve this peace, it will be Afghanistan’s victory. If there is no peace, a new and bigger war awaits Afghanistan from May 2. 80% of the Kabul Government’s budget is covered by the USA. The USA has suffered more than $ 1 trillion in material damage so far, around 2300 its soldiers have been killed.

Unfortunately, all the work of the USA, which is the world leader, is such a fiasco. Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan. The US tortures in the Abu Ghraib prisons in Iraq are still in our minds. The same mentality continues in Guantanamo. In other words, there is no serious change in the US policy and understanding that advises the world on Human Rights.

Also the partnership of the USA with the PKK PYD Terrorist Organization in Syria will result in such a fiasco. We hope that this time he will withdraw from Syria without facing a major defeat.

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Abdullah Manaz

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