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curious1aboutpol  04/16/2012 12:52 AM Report

We are in a worst place than the Russians were. Najibullah the Soviets version of Karzai cared about Afghanistan and stayed in Kabul even when Afghanistan went to hell. He died as a result. Karzai most likely has first class tickets booked around the world when things go bad.

Are friends in that part of the world are pure evil. We work with child rapists(1.), warlords who massacred women and children (2.), and dictators who boil people alive (3.)

Plus are misguided drug policy burns the fields of the poor and looks the other way of the fields of the rich.(karzai's brother) The poor vilagers have the best intel and we are ticking them off for no reason. We could easily get phizer and merck to use those opium fields to make painkillers.

Plus with China supporting the Taliban through Pakistan in the same manner we supported the Mujahadeen through Pakistan the situation is dire and not getting better.

1.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/02/foreign-contractors-hired-dancing-boys

2. http://www.rawa.org/un-sayyaf.htm

3.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-228241/Our-new-best-friends-boil-dissidents-al ive.html

Argandewal  04/09/2012 11:47 PM Report

India in recent years has improved greatly in economic and military power. Pakistan who is an enemy to India has lacked in competition and has fallen back greatly compared to its rival. Pakistan is trying to regain its position in the world by trying to expand its borders to Afghanistan to use its natural resources (which has cost over $ 4 trillion), land, and territory for strategic purposes. Pakistan is secretly at war with Afghanistan and the Pakistani fighters are simply known as Taliban. Recent intelligence by the CIA has shown that the Pakistani secret service ISI has funded the Taliban for many years and would continue to do so until its goals have been reached. If U.S and NATO want to be successful in Afghanistan, they must cut the snakes head off (ISI) metaphorically speaking, or the war against the Taliban will never end, and many Afghans will continue to suffer due to such actions taken by Pakistan for its own greed. Since 2002 till now at least 3000 NATO officers, and soldiers have been killed by the Taliban, but in reality this was planned by ISI. Even NATO soldiers killed by Afghan soldiers was secretly organized by ISI.

As a result, if U.S.A does not want to lose its reputation and dignity in the area and around the world, it must:

1. Stop Pakistan’s support which directly helps the Taliban. (If Pakistan stops helping the Taliban, tomorrow there will be no Taliban in Afghanistan.)

2. Change the current corrupt and irresponsible Afghan regime to a responsible and qualified government, which will rebuild Afghanistan and create jobs for the Afghan people.

tabs  04/09/2012 06:42 PM Report

As one has previously said, "The only time the Afghans stop shooting at each other is when they have foreign invaders to shoot at." Without having read Mr Rashid it certainly sounds like his take is right on the money.

EthicalHumanist  04/09/2012 01:16 PM Report

This madness on the global stage is a result of a war between the shia mafia run by the mullahs in Iran and the sunni mafia run by Saudi Arabia, which runs the system of "education" in Pakistan and it will get even worse.

REMant  04/09/2012 01:13 PM Report

Afghanistan has simply gone the way of Vietnam. Americans never acculturated. No investment has been forthcoming. Domestic differences have not been resolved. We want ppl to do as we say, not as we do. Karzai seems to want us to do as he says, not as he does. I doubt Iraq made a lot of difference. It remains to be seen whether any difference has been made there. I think Holbrook was right to complain about military control, but I doubt welfarism will ever produce long-term results. I think it more likely that capitalism would, at least temporarily, if more permanently were it more fair, and would have in Vietnam, assuming the Chinese weren't trying to take over Indochina, which we didn't, or said we didn't, and which clearly would not have happened. Mr Rashid, like Mr Beinart, seems to share this chimera for ending conflict. I think, incidentally, the Chinese are right to eschew this path, even if they seem not anxious to cross the US at this juncture, tho continued Bernanke-ism may force the issue. BTW, I understand Netanyahu has decided to postpone any action against Iran until after both the US and the Israeli elections, as I supposed he might.