CHANGING FACE OF POWER IN ASIA

THE TOTAL DEFEAT OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

IN AFGHANISTAN BY A MERE COALITION

 OF LIGHTLY ARMED LOCAL MILITIAS

MAY BE A PORTENT OF WHAT IS TO COME.

FOR A DECADE AMERICAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A "PIVOT TO ASIA".

THE PICTURE ABOVE SHOWS HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

AMERICAN POWER IS CLEARLY NOT WHAT IT WAS IN 1945.

WE ARE NO FANS OF THE TALIBAN

BUT THEY HAVE SHOWN HOW FAITH

CAN CONQUER THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST HIGH TECH MILITARY.

AMERICA SPENT 2 TRILLION DOLLARS.

IT PUT MORE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN THAN THE RUSSIANS.

THIS WAS THE RESULT AFTER 20 YEARS OF EFFORT.
 

THIS IS THE VIEW OF THE FORMER US EMBASSY.

IT SAYS:

THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD

AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER.

This is the Shahada.

The Shahada is the Islamic statement of faith, and is one of the five pillars of Islam.

 It is also part of the Adhan (the Islamic call to prayer).

When one converts to Islam, they must state the Shahada in front of at least two witnesses.

In the Quran, parts of the Shahada appear multiple times.

It also appears on the Saudi flag, the center of global Islam.