{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"A New Persian Empire is Rising with U.S. Help","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article87117.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article87117.html'\u003EA New Persian Empire is Rising with U.S. Help\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPentagon officials and U.S. diplomats, either through design or ignorance, have placed Afghanistan on the road to ruin.  The same cast of characters that created a weak and divided Iraq is now in Afghanistan, including Ambassador Ryan Crocker.  Their strategy and tactics are the same and the victor will once again be Iran. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nPentagon and State Department officials are pushing forward with a foolhardy plan to create a massive 260,000 member Afghan National Army, which Afghanistan cannot (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}