Speaking of how not to win a war, this in from Afghanistan.
“Hundreds of villagers have blocked a highway in eastern Afghanistan to protest a night raid by Nato and Afghan soldiers that left two people dead. A statement from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said two “Taliban insurgents” were killed in the raid in a district near Jalalabad. But villagers said the men were civilians; their protest temporarily closed the highway connecting Jalalabad to Pakistan on Wednesday.”
Two possible insurgents dead, an entire village up in arms protesting to the murder, according to them, of two innocent people. If this is what the people of Afghanistan associate with the US/NATO effort there, then indeed this war, just like Iraq, is lost.
“The protest mirrored a similar demonstration last week, when Nato and Afghan forces raided a house in Wardak province. Neighbours claimed the night raid killed three civilians, and hundreds of them took to the streets to protest the following afternoon.
Afghans have staged a number of similar protests in recent months: Villagers near Jalalabad burned tyres in May after a night raid killed at least nine people, and hundreds protested after Nato troops opened fire on a bus in Kandahar in April.”
The legacy being written, as with every other occupation of Afghanistan, is in the blood of innocents. They will rise once again and push out the occupying armies from their land.
“A United Nations report released last week found that raids by Nato troops killed 41 civilians in the first half of 2010.
Night raids have been a particular point of friction between Nato and Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president. Karzai demanded an end to all night raids in February.”
The puppet Karzai can demand all he wants. His protests fall on mostly deaf ears, after all it is only his country and people that are being destroyed.
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August 23, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Bleatmop
We need to gtfo of there.
Seriously.
The original idea of getting OBL was not the worst idea, but this smozzle that has happened in the decade since is a complete waste of life and resources. For every heart and mind that we wipe out, we probably turn a thousand more against us. Give it another 10 years and we’ll have an entire generation that has been born and growing up with us bombing the fuck out of their country. I’m sure they will appreciate it and join right in for our “nation building” or whatever they are calling it now, right?
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August 24, 2010 at 10:00 am
The Arbourist
The original idea of getting OBL was not the worst idea, but this smozzle that has happened in the decade since is a complete waste of life and resources.
It was a good idea. All we needed to do was provide evidence of the crimes he committed and the Taliban, at the time, would have no good reason not to hand him over. To be embroiled in an unjust imperialistic war because of our hatred for OBL is a testament to our double standards on how we treat the world and how we expect to be treated.
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November 15, 2010 at 7:02 am
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