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US military objective to bomb countries into submission: Analyst

Tuesday, 12 January 2016 7:08 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 12 January 2016 7:09 PM ]

“The point of all these wars is not the official objective or the stated goal; the goal behind the goal is what is important to elites in power,” Daniel Patrick Welch told Press TV on Friday.

The real objective of America’s military interventions around the world is to force countries into submission, in contrast to Washington’s stated goal, says an American political commentator.

“The point of all these wars is not the official objective or the stated goal; the goal behind the goal is what is important to elites in power,” Daniel Patrick Welch told Press TV on Friday.

The oligarchs in Washington “keep the war machine going” to “bomb people into submission” and keep the profits flowing for the military industrial complex, Welch said.

The wars are part of a “deeply evil scam” to rob the country’s treasury while simultaneously preventing the American public from complaining based on the false premise of national security, Welch added.

The analyst cited the US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan as an example of this American agenda.

The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but after more than 14 years, the foreign troops have still not been able to establish security in the country.

The Associated Press reported on Sunday that Afghan forces are struggling to man the front lines against a resurgent Taliban, in part because of untold numbers of "ghost" troops who are paid salaries but only exist on paper.

One reason the Afghan National Army is struggling against the Taliban is because nearly 40 percent of its force is constituted of "ghost soldiers," AP reported.

In Helmand province, the Taliban has captured large areas of land since the US-led NATO forces handed over control to Afghan troops a year ago.

In October last year, US President Barack Obama announced plans to keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan through 2016 and 5,500 in 2017, reneging on his promise to end the war there and bring home most American forces from the Asian country before he leaves office.

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