"After two National Guard soldiers were shot in Washington, D.C. last week, several U.S. pundits and politicians were quick with their descriptions of the alleged attacker. They erroneously assumed that he brought his "culture" or "society" to the United States. "You are not just importing individuals. You are importing societies... At scale, migrants and their descendants recreate the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands," said White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller on X."
"The Zero Units were among the most aggressive instruments of the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. Though some units were formally tied to Afghan intelligence, they were in practice created, trained, armed, and directed by the CIA. They operated outside Afghan law and far beyond any realistic oversight. And they became known inside the country as some of the most feared armed actors of the war."
After two National Guard soldiers were shot in Washington, pundits and politicians linked the alleged attacker to his "culture" or "society." Stephen Miller claimed migrants "import societies" and recreate conditions of broken homelands. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, served as a U.S.-trained militiaman and longtime member of the CIA-backed Zero Units and resettled in the United States in 2021. Lakanwal had been treated as a U.S. ally and equipped by U.S. military and intelligence to carry out brutal operations for the occupation of Afghanistan. The Zero Units operated outside Afghan law, were directed by the CIA, and were implicated in widespread abuses documented by Human Rights Watch, including unlawful killings, disappearances, and attacks on medical facilities.
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