Time To hold Our troops In Iraq And Afghanistan

I am not siding with the democrats or the republicans on this war that should have never been started to begin with. I am how ever taking the side of our soldiery that are dying and getting wounded every day. There has been nearly four thousands soldiery that have died fighting this war on terror. There has also been more twenty seven wounded of crippled by serving in this. I think that it is time for our citizen to stand by these brave men and women serving in these two wars.I believe in the work our soldiery are doing in Iraq and I believe that it is only fair now to give our fighting men and women a opening to terminate what this war that so many of our soldiery have spilled their blood for.

So many citizen think that we should just up and run out of iraq. Then why did all our soldiery die or get wounded just to turn tail and run? Our government can fight about when to bring our soldiery home but are these the right decision or are these decisions being made because of next years elections? I believe that any decisions made now on this war would only before political reason`s . This is not a political war this is a war for a change of life for citizen that have been dictated to for years.

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This is not a war that was fought because of the events on 911. This war should have never been started but now these citizen who destroyed the twin towers and took two thousand American lives and changed lives of American`s for ever. I not only hold our soldiery I hope that our soldiery in effect will pull this miracle off. I believe that our country needs to stop this loud mouth bin laden and his children killing machine now growing in Iraq.

I am not a man who believes that war is the acknowledge I think that so many of our soldiery have died that if our country pulls out over some political arguing these soldiery have died for nothing. I believe that to many citizen and soldiery have died in this country already. I think that citizen have to give our troop the hold and opening to win this war. I also think that the iraqi government should get together and stabilize this government to take the lead in the fight for their country. I believe that if this government can not work together for their citizen then lets put citizen in this government who can.

As long as the memories of 911 live this so called religious leader Bin Laden should be captured to start bringing and end to the confidence that this is anything more then a man who does not care who he kills in the name of God. This is no act of religion this is a man that commits and supports cold blooded murder. I have always believe in the way peace though I also believe that these citizen have to be stopped forever.

I have always said that we need to come together as a nation for all citizen there for we must now stand behind our brave men and women serving in this war. There is enough fighting going on in our government over the political hereafter of the democrats and the republicans. I have no stomach to see more of our soldiery die in this country. I believe that to up and run now would make every particular troop that has died or crippled for this war feel like this war has been meaningless. This is no longer The governments war its a war where out soldiery are fight and dying for what they believe in and as hard as is is I think our citizen must stand be side our troops.

Some times the hardest part of life is knowing that a countries citizen are fighting a war that never should have been started. I can not thank these young men and women and their families enough for the reduce that these families are manufacture for our citizen and this nation. I will not do anything but hold these brave soldiery and their families in the hopes that this war will be coming to and good end for both nations and their people.

I believe that it is time for our government to stop fight over this war work together the find ways to bring this war to and end. I will not stand by our soldiery and all our citizen with the hopes that this war will be fulfilled, very shortly and persisting peace comes to our country and the world. I hope that our government will ultimately work together to win this war that to many of our soldiery have died for already.

I do not believe that this nation should up and run away from a war that should have never been started. I think that this nation has to stand by our soldiery and help in anyway inherent to make this war turn this country into the shining hereafter of democracy that it should be. I believe that it is time for the Iraqi government to put up or elect citizen that will work for this country.

As always I write with respect.

Time To hold Our troops In Iraq And Afghanistan

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Us Marines on the strike in Afghanistan

Just over five days ago our United States Marines, along with more than fifteen thousand Nato soldiery and Afghan army personnel began an charge into the Helmand Province, Afghanistan, a longtime stronghold of the Taliban and the town for opium poppy yield which fuels the Taliban's resurgence. Not since 2001 has there been an charge of this size launched in that country. It is named 'Operation Moshtarak' - ('Together').

The main thrust of the operation began before dawn on Saturday, January 13th, as numerous helicopters flew Marines into the area leapfrogging the mined and booby trapped roads. In the dark of the night, some elements of the force disembarked in the city of Marjah to build perimeters, seize highway intersections, and block entry to or exit from that city, the main target of the attack. Then the real battle commenced as the Marines began door to door searches eliminating Taliban who stayed behind to engage, blowing up numerous booby traps and Ied's along the walls and streets, and meeting with frightened civilians urging them to help ferret out any Taliban in the city. The fighting will continue, block by block, until the parasitic Taliban have been rousted from their dens and a new civilian government established to provide for the general welfare of the residents.

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As I watch it, the operation, unfold on Tv - mesmerized - I can't help but think of those young Marines thousands of miles away fighting hard, in mortal danger at all times, to accomplish a mission to free up a citizen in a backward land where we may not even be wanted while we here at home go about our daily lives in relative comfort and safety. It's truly wondrous that these young Marines sacrifice, voluntarily, so much for their country every day. I wonder how many Americans truly appreciate them? Or worse, I wonder how many Americans are even paying any attention to the battle unfolding there at all?

It gives me pride to see them in action, so sure in their attitudes, dedicated to their purpose, fearless and brave in their fighting. But, I also get chills and some anxiety knowing some of them are living their last days in a hellish country which may never rise to anyone good than a stagnant cesspool of civilization, may never subscribe to even a modicum of democracy so antiquated and unyielding is their judgment of and isolation from the contemporary world.

Where do we find such unselfish, steadfast, and devoted young people? What does it say about the character of these warriors for peace in such a far off place? Why should they give a damned for these backward malcontents to the degree they are willing to put their very lives on the line on a daily basis?

Is it 'patriotism' which drives them to such ends? Somewhat, I believe. We are not so far off from that vile day when we were so viciously attacked here at home by the very citizen we now confront in their own backyard. These American fighters remember that day, although they may have been very young at the time, as the bad dream was televised dinky by dinky into their living rooms at home. They recall the gut wrenching fear, the anguish, and, ultimately, the anger we all felt as a nation.

A more relevant aspect of their selfless actions is the very training our Marines get upon entering nautical Corps boot camp where they are taken in as civilians from varying geographic locations, diverse ethnic makeup, subjective intellectual skills, and unequal bodily attributes. Here they receive some of the best training in the world: willful and immediate obedience to legal orders, unquestioning loyalty, unswerving allegiance to our country, and unselfish commitment to their fellow Marines. Here at boot camp they are inducted as the raw material for the nautical they will become once they have completed their training. Not all make the grade, but those who do are changed individuals and will never be the same again. "Once a Marine, all the time a Marine!" and "Semper Fi" (Always Faithful) becomes their motto and creed.

A fellow Marine, Col Jim Bathurst, a 36 year Vietnam Veteran with his share of combat experience suggests that the most pertinent motivation for these young Marines' valorous operation under fire is their unfaltering faith in their fellow nautical - so much so that throughout the Corp's history there have been heralded tales of Marines sacrificing their own lives to save others. Not an uncommon act in wartime so deep is their love for their nautical compatriot. Jim said it best when he wrote me "A nautical doesn't jump on a live grenade for mom, apple pie and the grand ole flag; he does it to save his brother, his friend, his fellow nautical that he loves dearly. Granted they do this because the Corps taught them that, but it's all for their brother-in-arms."

Whatever the reasons, and each nautical has their own I suspect, for these young Americans valiantly carrying the fight to a persistent and resolute enemy so distant from our shores, they have upheld the traditions of their Corps, the values of their country, and the promise of our nation's youth without hesitation or remorse. They are true and brave heroes in every sense of the word - an attribute so obviously lacking in our elected officials in Washington that they cannot even accomplish the simplest task without partisan bickering, political infighting, and self-serving, self-absorbed political ambition even though they face not one iota of danger in their daily lives safely ensconced behind the doors of Congress.

It may be months before we can accurately portion the success of this new obnoxious against the resurgent Taliban. It will be years - if ever - before we see any measureable accomplishment in that problematic geographic area of today's world. But one thing is sure - our fighting men and women have given their all, some even development the extreme sacrifice, to see that the Afghans have every inherent chance at a good life. At some point we will leave them to fend for themselves and, hopefully, find their own place in the world in peace.

Meantime, we at home must take performance ourselves. We must get complicated in supporting our troops, welcoming them back graciously, and providing for their welfare when they do return. We owe them nothing less. They will have fought courageously and sacrificed much to promote America's foreign procedure and fulfill America's promises to our allies. No one will have done more for the Afghans than they. Let's hope there is appreciation for their sacrifices both here at home and there far away.

They will deserve nothing less.

(Post script: Now, at a time when our soldiery is as heavily engaged as it has been for more than 40 years, at a time when personel troop's are ordered to repeated deployments to the war zones, now in a time of soldiery uncertainty and maximum commitment, now is the wrong time for our politicians to advocate for a collective engineering experiment by endorsing an end to the current 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy. Neither the President nor an fantastic preponderance of those in Congress has served a singular day in our country's military. For them at this time to pander to a vocal minority seeking a liberal interpretation of society's rules is disturbing and quite revealing as to the total lack of any observation of the residual effects of their actions. To politicize our soldiery in a time of war is as incredibly contemptible as it is indisputably ignorant of the soldiery as an institution. Tinker with the civilian world if you must; do not inflict your liberal agenda on America's soldiery for the purpose of vote gathering.

Are there gays in our military? in effect and all the time has been. "Don't ask, don't tell!")

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A Cost-Benefit prognosis on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Should we withdraw from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? In order to sass that question, we need to reconsider the current status of both of these wars.

These wars have cost 6,000 U.S. Lives, along with 5,200 from our military, and 800 civilians. There have been someone else 10,500 deaths among Iraqi soldiers and other Coalition forces. Nobody knows the amount of Iraqi civilians who have been killed, but some estimates are as high as 600,000. Also, we have had some 34,000 severely wounded among the U.S. Military, and someone else 6,000 for other coalition forces.

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U.S. Taxpayers have spend nearly trillion on these wars. It costs 0,000 to deploy each U.S. Soldier for one year in Iraq. This adds to the mounting deficit due to the Obama administration's spending, and this is all occurring while a worldwide recession.

Some estimates indicate that up to 2.5 million people have been displaced from their homes. Inflation in Iraq is 50%, unemployment is 60%, and 28% of Iraqi children are suffering from persisting malnutrition. Only 37% of Iraqi homes are associated to a sewer system, only 30% have enough entrance to water. The worst thing is that all of these statistics have come to be much worse since the wars started.

Most people, along with both Americans and Iraqis, are strongly opposed to the presence of coalition troops. Iraqis have exiguous confidence in them; they don't believe that they are improving security; and, they feel less gain because of our occupation.

If our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan have averted any terrorist attacks, we can't genuinely see any evidence of it. Even if this is the case, it has come at a high cost. Couldn't we have made the same advance in this regard without these wars? Unfortunately, one can draw a sad analogy from these mismanaged wars. We retaliated for the 3,000 deaths on 9/11 by adding someone else 6,000 deaths of our own countrymen, and some 600,000 of our allies. Also the mismanagement of these wars, our brain has proven to be so poor that we can't find Bin Ladin, even with our classic technology.

As each day passes with more U.S. Forces deaths, this situation is genuinely becoming someone else Vietnam. We are selecting to continue the loss of life instead of decisively winning the wars. We are too involved about being political spoton about causing civilian casualties. It appears that we would rather lose our own soldiers than Iraqi civilians.

We suffered 58,000 deaths in Vietnam, but we've now lost 6,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus an further 10,000 coalition forces. In addition, we've seen 34,000 severely wounded, which totals some 50,000 casualties. This is genuinely beginning to look like someone else Vietnam. We've been in Afghanistan for nine years now, while we were in Vietnam for 16 years. Just like Vietnam, we claim to be winning because we've killed more of the enemy than what they've killed of us. The proponents of the war claim that we're winning, since the death toll for our enemy is 55,000. Just as with Vietnam, this is probably a more convincing seminar for those who have none of their house members included in these numbers. Also just like Vietnam, whenever we leave, either now or in ten years, the country will fall back into a state of chaos among rival factions. In Vietnam it was Communism, and here it will be insurgents.

Yes, since we're not considered for a quick victory, we need to just cut our losses and get out.

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best someone else Taliban Afghanistan, than a Taliban Nuclear Pakistan!?

It took the Soviets 10 years and the loss of 15,000 forces before they admitted they admitted defeat in Afghanistan. For the West, it will not take so long for the slow bleed to become a hemorrhage. It will be only a matter of one or two years, at the most before, Afghanistan falls and the country collapses again into fragmentation and internal civil war. It may nothing else but come sooner.

The Soviets were prepared to fight to the death in Afghanistan because they knew the edge of their empire was crumbling and a domino follow on its other republics would follow. The Soviet bureaucracy was fighting for its life. In Cold War terms it would have been the equivalent of the Us loosing Mexico to communism. The Us and Nato forces don't have anything like the same motivation, determination and commitment to fight to the end in Afghanistan.

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The nature of catastrophy and abysmal defeat in Iraq fundamentally undermines the psychological foundations of any victorious defence of the Kabul regime. The failure of new "surge" will embolden the Taliban and undermine confidence in the West among the Afghan people and among the warlord Mujahedin, who dominate its government. Collapse in Iraq will intensify the sense of hopelessness and pointlessness among Western forces and compel demoralization and defeat.

They are low on sufficient resources and relegated in importance. The former British Commander of Nato forces admitted that last year they came close to losing Kandahar, the second city. It is not ruled out that much of the south and east could fall into Taliban hands this year, paving the way for the fall of Kabul, the year after.

The Taliban are ferocious fighters, with a messianic fervour to fight to the death. They bring with them the taste of veterans of the brutal Soviet war and the civil war which followed. Now regrouped, rearmed, their forces are prepared both for unfavourable open combat of approximately suicidal proportions. Furthermore they are opportunistically changing tactics, both in order to create maximum urban destabilization and to win local retain in the countryside. Boasting of more than 1,000 suicide volunteer bombers, they have also renounced their former course against heroin cultivation, thus allowing them to win retain among the rural people and gain retain from local tribes, warlords and criminal gangs, who have been alienated by Nato policies of poppy field destruction.

Although disliked and despised in many quarters, the Taliban could not advance without the retain or acquiescence of parts of the population, especially in the south. In particular, the Taliban is drawing on backing from the Pashtun tribes from whom they originate. The southern and eastern areas have been totally out of government control since 2001. Moreover, not only have they not benefited at all from the Allied occupation, but it is increasingly clear that with a few small centres of exception, all of the country outside Kabul has seen slight revision in its circumstances. The conditions for unrest are ripe and the Taliban is filling the vacuum.

The Break-Up of Afghanistan?

However, the Taliban is unlikely to win much retain outside of the marvelous Pashtun tribes. Although they make up a majority of the nation, they are concentrated in the south and east. Among the other key minorities, such as Tajiks and Uzbeks, who control the north they have no opening of manufacture new inroads. They will fight the Taliban and fight hard, but their loyalty to the Nato and Us forces is tenuous to say the least.

The Northern Alliance originally liberated Kabul from the Taliban without Allied ground support. The Northern Alliance are fierce fighters, veterans of the war of liberation against the Soviets and the Afghanistan civil war. Mobilized they count for a much stronger adversary than the Nato and Us forces. It is potential that, while they won't fight for the current government or coalition forces, they will nothing else but resist any new Taliban rule. They may settle to withdraw to their areas in the north and west of the country.

This would leave the Allied forces with few communal reserves, excepting a frightened and unstable urban people in Kabul, much like what happened to the Soviets. Squeezed by facing fierce fighting in Helmund and other provinces, and, at the same time, harried by a complementary tactic of Al Qaeda-style urban terrorism in Kabul, sooner or later, a "Saigon-style" evacuation of Us and Allied forces could be on the cards. The net follow could be the break-up and partition of Afghanistan into a northern and western area and a southern and eastern area, which would consist of the two key cities of Kandahar and, the capital Kabul.

Pastunistan?

The Taliban themselves, however may settle not to take on the Northern Alliance and fighting may combine on creating a border in the middle of the two areas, about which the two sides may reach an agreement regardless of Us and Allied plans or preferences. The Taliban may claim the name Afghanistan or might opt for "Pashtunistan" - a long-standing, though intermittent quiz, of the Pashtuns, within Afghanistan and especially along the ungovernable border regions inside Pakistan. It could not be ruled out that the Taliban could be aiming to lead a break away of the Pakistani Pashtuns to form a 30 million strong greater Pashtun state, encompassing some 18 million Pakistani Pashtuns and 12 Afghan Pashtuns.

Although the Pashtuns are more intimately related to tribal and clan loyalty, there exists a strong latent embryo of a Pashtun national consciousness and the idea of an independent Pashtunistan state has been raised regularly in the past with regard to the disputed territories tasteless to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The area was cut in two by the "Durand Line", a totally artificial border in the middle of created by British Imperialism in the 19th century. It has been a quiz, bedevilling relations in the middle of the Afghanistan and Pakistan throughout their history, and with India before Partition. It has been an untreated, festering wound which has lead to sporadic wars and border clashes in the middle of the two countries and occasional upsurges in movements for Pashtun independence.

In fact, is this what lies behind the current course of appeasement President Musharraf of Pakistan towards the Pashtun tribes in along the Frontiers and his armistice with North Waziristan last year? Is he attempting to avoid supplementary alienating Pashtun tribes there and head-off a potential separatist movement in Pakistan, which could design from the Taliban's nasty across the border in Afghanistan?

Trying to subdue the frontier lands has proven costly and unpopular for Musharraf. In effect, he faces exactly the same problems as the Us and Allies in Afghanistan or Iraq. Indeed, fighting Pashtun tribes has cost him duplicate the whole of forces as the Us has lost in Iraq. Evidently, he could not win and has located instead for an attempted political solution.

When he agreed the course of appeasement and virtual self-rule for North Waziristan last year, President Musharraf stated clearly that he is acting first and foremost to protect the interests of Pakistan. While there was outrageous in Kabul, his deal with the Pashtuns is essentially an effort to firewall his country against civil war and disintegration. In his own words, what he fears most is, the « Talibanistation » of the whole Pashtun people, which he warns could inflame the already fierce fundamentalist and other separatist movement across his entire country. He does not want to open the door for any backdraft from the Afghan war to engulf Pakistan.

Musharraf faces the nationalist struggle in Kashmir, an insurgency in Balochistan, unrest in the Sindh, and growing terrorist bombings in the main cities. There is also a large Shiite people and clashes in the middle of Sunnis and Shias are regular. Moreover, fundamentalist retain in his own Armed forces and intelligence Services is very strong. So much so that investigator consider it likely that the Army and incommunicable assistance is protecting, not only top Taliban leaders, but Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda central leadership understanding to be entrenched in the same Pakistani borderlands.

For the same reasons, he has not captured or killed Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda leadership. Returning from the frontier provinces with Bin Laden's severed head would be a trophy that would cost him his own head in Pakistan. At best he takes the occasional risk of giving a nod and a wink to a Us incursion, but even then at the peril of the chagrin of the people and his own forces and incommunicable service.

The Break-Up of Pakistan?

Musharraf probably hopes that by giving de facto autonomy to the Taliban and Pashtun leaders now with a virtual free hand for cross border operations into Afghanistan, he will undercut any hereafter upsurge in retain for a break-away independent Pashtunistan state or a "Peoples' War" of the Pashtun populace as a whole, as he himself described it.

However events may prove him sorely wrong. Indeed, his course could fully backfire upon him. As the war intensifies, he has no guarantees that the current autonomy may yet burgeon into a separatist movement. Appetite comes with eating, as they say. Moreover, should the Taliban fail to re-conquer al of Afghanistan, as looks likely, but captures at least half of the country, then a Taliban Pashtun caliphate could be established which would act as a magnet to separatist Pashtuns in Pakistan. Then, the likely break up of Afghanistan along ethnic lines, could, indeed, lead the way to the break up of Pakistan, as well.

Strong centrifugal forces have all the time bedevilled the stability and unity of Pakistan, and, in the context of the new world situation, the country could be faced with civil wars and favorite fundamentalist uprisings, probably including a military-fundamentalist coup d'état.

Fundamentalism is deeply rooted in Pakistan society. The fact that in the year following 9/11, the most favorite name given to male children born that year was "Osama" (not a Pakistani name) is a small indication of the mood. Given the weakening base of the traditional, secular opposition parties, conditions would be ripe for a coup d'état by the fundamentalist wing of the Army and Isi, leaning on the radicalised masses to take power. Some form of radical, forces Islamic regime, where legal powers would shift to Islamic courts and forms of shira law would be likely. Although, even then, this might not take place outside of a protracted accident of upheaval and civil war conditions, mixing fundamentalist movements with nationalist uprisings and sectarian violence in the middle of the Sunni and minority Shia populations.

The horror that is now Iraq would take on gothic proportions across the continent. The prophesy of an arc of civil war over Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq would spread to south Asia, stretching from Pakistan to Palestine, through Afghanistan into Iraq and up to the Mediterranean coast.

Undoubtedly, this would also spill over into India both with regards to the Muslim society and Kashmir. Border clashes, terrorist attacks, sectarian pogroms and insurgency would break out. A new war, and possibly nuclear war, in the middle of Pakistan and India could not be ruled out.

Atomic Al Qaeda

Should Pakistan break down completely, a Taliban-style government with strong Al Qaeda work on is a real possibility. Such deep chaos would, of course, open a "Pandora's box" for the region and the world. With the possibility of unstable clerical and forces fundamentalist elements being in control of the Pakistan nuclear arsenal, not only their use against India, but Israel becomes a possibility, as well as the acquisition of nuclear and other deadly weapons secrets by Al Qaeda.

Invading Pakistan would not be an choice for America. Therefore a nuclear war would now again become a real strategic possibility. This would bring a shift in the tectonic plates of global relations. It could usher in a new Cold War with China and Russia pitted against the Us.

What is at stake in "the half-forgotten war" in Afghanistan is far greater than that in Iraq. But America's capacities for controlling the situation are very restricted. Might it be, in the end, they are also forced to accept President Musharraf's unspoken motto of "Better an additional one Taliban Afghanistan, than a Taliban Nuclear Pakistan!"

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Why is No One Talking About China's Involvement in Afghanistan?

Most habitancy don't comprehend it but China is involved in the war in Afghanistan in a big way. For instance, did you know that Al Qaeda and the Taliban are using Chinese weapons to strike Nato, and Us troops? Did you know that the new attacks in Pakistan on the World Food Program, were done by the Taliban and they were using Chinese weapons? Did you know that the new strike on the embassy in Pakistan was done by, or claimed to be the work of the Taliban?

Everyone ought to comprehend that this territory is thought about strategic to China in every way; from a military standpoint, from a resource standpoint, and from a future economic stand-point. The Chinese sell weapons to anything that is willing to pay for them, regardless of who they will be fighting or what moral and ethical standing they have. It's only about money, it's nothing personal, and we are told not to worry about it. At the same time they deny the weapons sales, that we know happened.

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It amazes me, that Us citizens will buy Chinese products, refuse to boycott products made by Chinese companies, and that our own media will hide the truth from Us consumers about China's involvement in Afghanistan. Now some would say that these sales of weapons to Afghanistan were not recent, although there are brain reports that show that they are much more new than they should be, and well within the last eight years.

The United States has been involved in fighting in Afghanistan for eight years, so that does throw a tiny pickle into the situation. China needs to come clean, be a good citizen, enjoy the trade partner status it has with America, and stop selling weapons to our enemies. That is the very minimum they need to do to forestall an all-out boycott from every Us habitancy and consumer in our country. I believe this is fair warning. Twitters next, you have been warned. Please reconsider all this.

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Should Usa Get Out of Afghanistan?

The United States of America along with Nato is involved in Afghanistan. Now more forces are going to be sent to Afghanistan. What will be the result? What does the United States of America gain by fighting in Afghanistan?

More enmity with the Muslim world-

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The immediate gain is not a gain but a big loss - resulting in an enmity with the Muslim world. The Muslim world hates western powers arrival to their countries and fighting. Why should the United States of America have this fight then? Can the Taliban be defeated? One may not think that with the kind of local hold available, the taliban can ever be defeated.

Tribal leaders have governed Afghanistan since ages. Most of them have joined the Taliban. They do not want a central government or democracy. The leaders of a tribe decide laws about everything. What the United States of America wants is to consolidate the country as a singular entity governed by a singular central government from Kabul. After years of fighting, the Afghani president Hamid Karazai's writ does not expand beyond Kabul. The Nato forces and the Us soldiers are fighting the tribals who have joined Taliban since years. But to achieve what? This fight can go on for years without giving any result.

The great way to protect the free nations from terrorism is to increases internal security. Let them do what they want in Afghanistan, but do not allow them to enter United States of America. This coming will reduce the expanding hatred of Muslims towards the western nations. Some societies just do not adapt to democracy. Imposing it on them is a fruitless task, one may be inclined to think.

None of the nations in the world want to be told how to govern. They want to be left alone the way they have been since centuries. Some countries resent western values and have their own system, which they wish to continue. The people do not hold any American performance in their country. While this type of recession, why does the Usa want someone else Vietnam?

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War - Why Are Our forces in Afghanistan?

It is difficult for whatever to understand war and the reasons for war. Over and, over again habitancy keep request the question. Why are our soldiery in Afghanistan? Their have been too many American Lives lost through this whole ordeal. Thousands during 2001 and from then until now even more lives lost.

Our world has been at war practically since the beginning of time. This is tragic however; the habitancy and countries complicated during the times of war believed it was necessary. Principal to fight for a cause they felt was right whether it was or not, is not a human being to judge. Only one who has the power to judge man.

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The surmise our soldiery are still in Afghanistan is, that most Americans still remember the innocent lives lost on 9-11 we were brutally, attacked for no just cause. Women, Men, Children, as well as Law compulsion and Fire and saving habitancy all died that day without warning. habitancy going about their everyday lives traveling from on place to someone else as well became complicated and died.

This caused America to take performance and show the other countries of the world that America would not tolerate this kind of attack. This is what our soldiery are over there for and this is a meaningful cause to them. It is a meaningful cause to us as well or we would not reserve them in every way we could or be willing to reduce them if needed.

This is why our soldiery are in Afghanistan and we are with them 100% and will be until the task is completed.

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10 Good Reasons to invite the Chinese Into Afghanistan

During the Vietnam War an American general asserted the Soviets were jealous as heck because they weren't getting any sustained battle caress after World War Ii.

Afghanistan addressed that deficiency. The Russians had their time in the sun, literally. They retreated after suffering a continued bloodletting.

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I believe it's China's turn.

China? But why, you might be asking. Ten good reasons come to mind, immediately:

(1) They have the largest standing army in the world, all dressed up and nowhere to go.

(2) They have the national treasure to squander.

(3) They have needful squabbles with their own religious factions, and they have a stake in stopping the spread of religious radicalism and militancy.

(4) Much of Chinese terrain resembles the arid climes of Afghanistan.

(5) They can quell any domestic opposition to fighting a protracted war.

(6) "Winning" will be yet someone else acknowledgement of their status as a Superpower.

(7) It will be a pretext for deploying and sustaining a worldwide soldiery presence.

(8) The Chinese can award themselves contracts to rebuild Afghanistan, at a tidy profit.

(9) It will enable America to focus on bringing order to the fractious Middle East.

(10) It will make Chinese investments in America and in the American dollar less field to erosion.

China is the only community that can afford a hundred-year war.

Let them step-up. President Lyndon B. Obama sees himself as a consensus builder. Let's see what kind of participation he can garner from China, when and where it counts.

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Terrorism and Drug Trafficking in Afghanistan

Afghanistan was the world largest producer of opiates. While throughout the war against illicit crops communists had prolonged to build in areas controlled by Moujaidines. When soviets were prepared to withdraw from Afghanistan the Afghan resistance was connected to opium production and trafficking of heroin. They requested to the representatives of the interim government installed in Peshawar if it could be reduced poppy cultivation in the territories under their control. At the time of the intervention of forces in Afghanistan, Tony Blair did not hesitate to blame only the Taliban for the highlights given to Afghanistan about the production of opiates. The international press came to the windup that the drug played a role in the financing of terrorist networks of Osama Bin Laden. The reality is assuredly much more complex.

While the war was responsible for a needful increase in production in the middle of 1979 and 1992, became only partially true since 1991 (the fall of communism), after the American and the Russian stop arming and equipping their protectionist groups. The Taliban did nothing to inherit the situation of 1994-1996 and then administrate to take care of its benefits. The reasons why the Molah Omar banned (successfully) the planting of opium poppy in 2000 is branch to venture about its guide later.

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Comparatively, the reasons for the resurgence of large-scale production in 2002 and 2003 are clear: poverty of the peasants who have no access to international aid, the inability of the central government imposed by the United States to operate the country, and the use by the United States of warlords engaged in the traffic to fight Taliban hotbeds. Afghanistan is a flagship theater in the geopolitics of drugs, where all issues are gift in other fields.

The Taliban have not only just, like its predecessors, the "freedom fighters", inherited the fruits of war that undermined the country since 1979. Until then, the poppy cultivation and opium use, known for over 700 years in Afghanistan, it did not imply major problems for residents and their neighbors. Alexander the Great who was crossing the region (327-325 B.C.) at the head of their armies, made opium known to the citizen of the region. However, the poppy culture did not begin in the Indian subcontinent until many years later. At the end of the thirteenth century, Marco Polo noted poppy plantations in northern Afghanistan province of Badakhshan, province that remains today a needful area of illicit crops. While opium is consumed boiling the fibers of the capsule, the Mongol conquerors are those who teach local citizen to pierce the capsule to accumulate the rubber and eat it. The Mongols who reigned in India in the middle of 1527 and 1707 were the poppy cultivation and opium trade a state monopoly. But the habit of smoking opium, invented by the Portuguese, but not disclosed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century when the monopoly of the drug passes into British hands. India and Pakistan inherited this monopoly at the time of its independence.

During the 1920 y 1930, representatives of the Afghani government, a sovereign country, and took part in meetings of the "Permanent Central Opium" of the League of Nations. While the second opium conference in 1924 declared the representatives of Afghanistan where opium poppy was cultivated in the provinces of Herat, Badarkhshan and Djelalabad and that the State had waived its monopoly on the opium trade. The Afghan customs offices levied a duty of 5% on production of opium, and by then "privatized". In 1932, he cultivated 40 hectares of poppy producing 75 tons of opium (for the estimated 6000 tons in China for the same period). The poppy was banned twice, in 1945 and 1957, did not preclude the continuation of clandestine exports to India. Afghanistan, recognizing its lack of means to address this "serious problem" calls, in vain it seems, the assistance of the international society to eradicate their crops.

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British forces Medals - Victoria Cross. Highest award for Bravery

Bill Henry "Willy" Apiata was born in Mangakino, New Zealand on the 28th of June, 1972 to a Maori New Zealander (his father) and a Paheka New Zealander (mother). His parents are separated, and he was raised by his mum in Northland until curious to Te Kaha, where he attended Whanau-a-Apanui Area School, until he left on his 15th birthday.

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At 16, his mum sent him back to Northland to live with relatives. Bill has three sisters, and is the third youngest of the bunch. Bill enlisted in the Territorial Force of the New Zealand Army, which is much like the United States' Army National Guard. He had friends in the force who convinced him to join. He was assigned to the Hauraki regiment of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, based in Tauranga.

While playing the part of an enemy soldier in a training exercise, Bill became aware of the Nzsas, (New Zealand extra Air Services), which he tried to join but was not selected. From June 2000 through April 2001, Bill served in East Timor with the 3rd Battalion group as part of a United Nations operation. Upon his return to New Zealand, Bill transferred to the quarterly force of the New Zealand Army. In November of 2001, Bill again applied to the extra Air Services, and was selected, trained, and was made a member of the Nzsas in the early part of 2002. He is regarded as a role model by his peers, and has won awards or received above mean results on every forces training course he has attended.

While holed up for the night in the rocky terrain of Afghanistan, Bill's Nzsas troop came under rocket propelled grenade attack. One of the grenades caused Bill to fall of the vehicle he was on. Two of his fellow soldiers were injured, one severely bleeding from an artery. Under heavy rifle fire and illuminated by the burning vehicles, Bill hoisted his badly injured comrade onto his back and carried him some seventy meters to the area where the rest of his troop were hunkered down. His unselfish bravery would spare the life of his brother in arms. Following is an citation from his award citation:

"In total disregard of his own safety, Lance bodily Apiata stood up and lifted his comrade bodily. He then carried him over the seventy meters of broken, rocky and fire swept ground, fully exposed in the glare of battle to heavy enemy fire and into the face of returning fire from the main Troop position. That neither he nor his colleague were hit is scarcely possible. Having delivered his wounded companion to relative protection with the remainder of the patrol, Lance bodily Apiata re-armed himself and rejoined the fight in counter-attack."

Corporal Bill Apiata also wears The New Zealand Operational service Medal, The New Zealand East Timor Medal, The United Nations East Timor Medal and The New Zealand general service Medal for Afghanistan. Bill has also been awarded the Us Presidential Unit Citation.

Mike, a previous trooper who served with Apiata and knows him well said he felt a huge sense of pride when the award was announced. "It couldn't have gone to a good guy." everyone in the Sas agreed the award was well-deserved. "If it wasn't for Willy the soldier he rescued would be dead." Mike described Apiata as a straightforward man with a good sense of humor who enjoyed socializing with close friends. "He likes a beer with the guys, and he'll all the time shout." agreeing to Mike, the Army was central to Apiata's world. "He's one of those guys that the army provides a bit of stability for, a bit of structure." Apiata was "a bloody hard worker" and "a bloody good soldier," Mike said. "He's a real tough bugger as strong as an ox. When we were doing the Cqb [Close Quarter Battle, or unarmed combat] stuff he was one of the best. "Because he's big and strong, you're bloody glad that you're on the same side. You know he's got the possible to be bloody lethal and aggressive, but he's quite controlled."

While Apiata was smart, he was "more the practical, hands-on guy an perfect diver and a crack shot." Like his Sas comrades, Apiata would have seen his deployment to Afghanistan as an chance to test himself and his skills, said Mike" As a soldier you're focused on doing your job as best you can and on staying alive. You just get on with it although obviously if something is morally wrong you'd inquire it."

Mike said Apiata was a humble man who would not welcome the attention the award has brought. "I'm just hoping the media won't be too invasive. I hope that once all the hype has died down he can get back to normal." Promoting the New Zealand Defense Force was something Apiata might have to do, but he would want to stay in the Sas and be available for deployment to places like Afghanistan.

"I think if Afghanistan comes up again he'll go or at least, he'll want to go."

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Lung protection For military Personnel In Iraq And Afghanistan - One Soldier's belief

Lung associated problems among military personnel have increased greatly since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Working in an environment with so much dust, it's no surprise that many of us now have allergies, asthma and other respiratory problems. Some of us are having immunity problems, nasal drip, lung infections and bronchitis.

Many of us are coughing and hacking due to the dusty, sandy conditions here. Sometimes the dust is mixed with smoke, which is well disgusting to breathe (but keeping out breath wasn't an choice either!).

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I don't even want to think about what else is blowing in the air here. Some days the air looks like a pinkish haze and over 40 percent of the local citizen have respiratory problems.

Iraq and Afghanistan are two of the hottest countries on earth. The temperatures here can exceed 135 degrees while the hottest months! In blowing sandstorms our ears well fill with sand, not to mention the finer particles sticking in our hair and skin. While living in these conditions, we were constantly coughing from blowing dust and sand.

The Veterans administration says the benefits of lung safety and early screenings for military personnel are economic as well as humanitarian. They say it costs half the price to treat someone in the early stages of lung problems as it does to treat someone in the later stages.

Personally, I'd rather not go through any of the stages.

Dust and sand particles constantly float in the air and bandanas are not efficient at all. Respirators are too heavy and uncomfortable to be worn for long periods; which defeats their intended purpose.

Dust masks are widely ready here and I think we've pretty much tried all of them. The ability varies greatly. Afghani physicians have declared the disposable paper dust masks worthless. My Mom found a well good one online and sent some for my buddies and me. (Thanks mom!) So far, it's well working well, plus we can wear it damp and that keeps us cooler.

My buddy Jason got a dust mask from home that made him look like Darth Vader. It was black with a valve to exhale through. He sweated like a pig in that thing but he kept wearing it because he said it made him look unassailable. Two nights ago he roughly crashed a truck because the brainless mask made his goggles fog up and he couldn't see the road.

It's strange being here and manufacture sure my buddies and I stay alive. Sometimes it's fun and sometimes it's scary, though no one admits it. It's something I'll never forget, that's for sure. I'm finding transmit to going home to my girlfriend and my family. I just want to make sure that when I do, I'm in one piece and don't have the Afghani version of Black Lung Disease. God bless America.

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The Burning Brides of Afghanistan

Islamic scholars who argue that the rights of Muslim women are guaranteed by the religion, are quick to point to passages in the Qur'an and Hadiths that speak in lofty and compassionate terms about the role and status of women. However the reality of women's lives in developing countries paints a different picture.

A culture, of course a mythology, of patriarchal dominance is a theme that runs throughout Islamic history. This male centric world-view combined with poverty and a lack of education, often leads to show the way toward women that not only runs counter to the teachings of the prophet, but is a violation of law and of the most basic humanitarian standards.

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Wars in Afghanistan have turned women into pawns, routinely exploited in a power struggle that is exclusively male. The top Muslim values of womanhood - lucidity and modesty - have been targeted as a strategy of war. In many of the internecine struggles that have taken place in Afghanistan, Mujahideen have used rape as a tool of war, in an exertion to demoralize and weaken their enemies. Women are regarded by warring parties as miniature more than pawns to be abused for political and military advantage.

Women are also exploited for the purpose of gaining a propaganda advantage. Male factions are forever proclaiming their rules and regulations for women in the group debate. As a effect Afghani women are turned into political chattel, their leisure and will overruled by males who speak for them and predetermine their destiny.

The plight of women in Afghanistan, is mirrored in other parts of the Islamic world. For example in Pakistan as a effect of an archaic "honor code" women are sometimes killed to satisfy house pride. This is determined to be a fit punishment in some circles for bringing shame on their families.

Astoundingly accusations of "bringing shame" can involve the simple act of leaving an abusive husband or marrying a man of one's choice. Women who are raped straight through no fault of their own, are often regarded as "shame bringers", and so candidates for murder.

The lawyer and human rights activist, Hina Jilani, has this to say of the plight of women in Pakistan ...

"The right to life of women in Pakistan is conditional on their obeying group norms and traditions."

In countries such as Afghanistan, the plight of women has become so dysfunctional that many young women are committing suicide at an alarming rate. In most cases they do this by self-immolation, burning themselves to death with the aid of gas and a match.

The official count was 93 for such deaths in 2005. It is believed that many more women are killing themselves in this fashion. Often these tragedies remain unreported due to house shame and the stigma involved.

Under the Taliban women were treated like inferior beings, and this patriarchal attitude toward women still persists. As much as 80% of all marriages in Afghanistan are forced arrangements. In over 50% of these marriages the brides are under 16. often they are forced into marriages with men in their middle years or even older. These female children are used like goods basically, to extraction a debt or as payment for some arrangement or favor.

It is hardly surprising that this view of women persists in Afghanistan. Under the Taliban women were an "invisible" presence with no rights save those given to them by the men who controlled them. They weren't even determined worthy of education, and of course not worthy of casting a vote.

Many of these young girls who pick to end their lives with fire, are trapped in marriages with men who are abusive. They can't leave because to do so, would bring shame on their families. Their plight becomes so desperate that some see suicide as the only available option. As is the case in Pakistan, the authorities seem to take the attitude that it's the woman's question when such tragedies occur.

While Islamic scripture accords honor to women, there is a gap between ideas and practice. Those who exertion to whitewash the group problems that are afflicting Muslim women in developing countries by plainly reciting passages of the Qur'an, are doing a disservice to these women. In order to find solutions to these issues, it is principal to address the root cause, and this involves engaging the male-centered customs and attitudes that keep many Muslim women in a position of subservience.

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Drug Rehab News - Ray Of Hope In Slowing Afghanistan Opium Trade

Since the defeat of the Taliban government in 2001, Taliban insurgents have regained operate of the southern poppy-growing regions. The country's opium trade is back to supplying 92% of the world's opium, along with vast amounts of heroin. Here in America, as elsewhere in the world, the results can be seen in soaring rates of opiate and heroin addiction and a greater need than ever for victorious drug rehab programs.

But now there's a ray of hope in what has so far been a rather futile endeavor to combat Afghanistan's vast opium trade. At a Un meeting in Vienna recently, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan agreed to work together to help operate drug trafficking along their common borders. By strengthening border security, enhancing communication and intelligence-sharing, and launching joint counter-narcotic operations, the hope is that the flow of illicit drugs to Europe, Asia and beyond can be contained.

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The deal was brokered by the United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (Unodc) at a meeting in Vienna. Unodc menagerial Director Antonio Maria Costa hailed the meeting as a turning point in the fight against Afghanistan's drug problem.

The three countries agreed to focus not only on trafficking but on all aspects of the drug cheaper - stopping the diversion and smuggling of precursor chemicals used to make heroin from opium, locating and destroying drug labs, interrupting the laundering of drug money, and tackling the worst qoute - the broad corruption which facilitates the drug business.

No less important, they also called for more attention to salvage humanity from the misery and instability created by drug abuse and addiction by enhancing drug arresting education, medicine facilities and drug rehab. Let's hope that help extends to the U.S. Where heroin addiction has ruined the lives of more than 1 million heroin addicts and their families.

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America is Faced With a Difficult Decision About the Afghanistan War

Pre-boomers have been blessed. While many of us served in the military, few were ever involved in a shooting war except those old sufficient to be part of the Korean "policing action." However, our generation (born between 1930 and 1945) grew up with the trust that it was our duty to serve if called. We considered it the patriotic thing to do.

Younger generations don't understand the conception of a popular war - one where the populace believed we needed to win no matter what. Unfortunately, the United States has not experienced true victory since Wwii. That was nearly 65 years ago.

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Public conception has changed since the Vietnam disaster. The shame of this war was taken out on the returning troops and led to the discontinuance of the draft and an all-volunteer military, even though the Army had become the only subject using the draft to fill its requirements. This tended to cut off the troops from the normal population and distanced most Americans from the honor of this service. It also shielded us from the unfathomable sadness experienced by families who lost loved ones as a consequent of the Us enthralling in troops activities.

Over the years, war has become more and more politicized. Many of those voting "yea" in congress almost immediately started back-peddling in order to placate their anti-war constituents. And, of course, the "nay" voters continued to protest troops action. These combined to affect news reporting and finally influenced social opinion. It happened in the first Gulf War and the divide became greater in the new Iraqi War.

However, many of those opposing our involvement in Iraq complained we should have first closed the job in Afghanistan, because that's where Al Qaeda was headquartered and they were the ones behind the 9/11 charge on the World Trade town buildings. Now we are at the point where the normal in charge of our troops in Afghanistan is calling for 30 to 40 thousand more soldiers in order to fight a flourishing counter-insurgency war.

This buildup will take money and cost lives, neither of which are popular options with Americans. Yet, we know Afghanistan is a haven for those who would destroy us and our way of life. If we withdraw it is likely these fanatics will over run Afghanistan, design themselves as the new government, and affect our relations with Pakistan, a country with nuclear weapons. So the option is not an easy one.

Whatever you believe is the suitable approach for us to take in this God-forsaken part of the world, we must consider what the commanders on the ground are advising us to do and always hold our troops who put their lives on the line in order to protect us from further terrorist attacks. finally the final measurement is in the hands of the Commander-in-Chief; all we can do is pray that the president makes a decision that, in the long run, is best for America.

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The Afghanistan War and the Media

Have you ever watched the nightly news as they talk about the war in Afghanistan? All of a sudden all the news commentators come to be experts on the topic, and we have armchair generals come in and do interviews. Obviously, the American population are curious in this topic, and yet, we have to wonder if we are doing a disservice to our troops, military, and no ifs ands or buts hurting the outcome of the war.

It seems to me rather unfair to put armchair generals on Tv to do commentary about the war, and to supply scenarios of potential eventualities while battles, or the political ramifications of ongoing conflict. I feel that the Us forces, and Us soldiery have been compromised by the media in the past, especially while the Iraqi war, and it is unfortunate that we would allow our media to no ifs ands or buts do harm our soldiery or do what's best for our country. In Iraq, what about the population we are trying to help as they rebuild their nation.

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Worse, we all know that this information is used by the enemy. They are also watching the same media, and they comprehend how it is effecting the mindset of the American people, therefore, they use this against us. Indeed, I suppose our soldiery also watches Al Jazeera, and uses that brain to help plan its time to come battles. If we are not just with the way we record on our wars, we can cause a no-win situation or even a defeat for our soldiery power.

There wasn't much coverage on the fact that the Us handed over the torch to the Iraqi government, and essentially it meant we had won the war, that President Bush was correct, and all has ended well. Still, the media has caused the public to think that we lost in Iraq. This perceived loss is not good for America, and it is a real question for morale and the results we will need to take care of the Iranian situation or the nuclear weapons standoff scenario with North Korea. Please reconsider all this.

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A Rush Limbaugh Conservative Who Thinks Joe Biden is Right on Afghanistan

I am a Rush Limbaugh conservative; I have been listening to him for over 15 years. I have read books from Rush, Ann Coulter, George Will, Newt Gingrich, Glenn Beck, and Fred Barnes. I have attended Tea Party rallies and voted for Sarah Palin rather than for John McCain. I am also a military history buff and a watcher of Cspan. In fact I recall watching general Petraeus deliver his "book" on counterinsurgency a few years ago. It seemed like a logical strategy for some situations, but frankly view it was a long shot for Iraq. However he implemented the strategy in that theater along with getting the 3 diverse populations to not only form a common government but to take over the military control of insurgents freeing the Us military to leave; well at least it's in process.

However, Afghanistan is different. First and prominent the Us and its military is fatigued by war. One of the tenants of counterinsurgency is weighty boots on the ground to as they said in Vietnam, "Win the hearts and souls of the people". Many population referred to the implementation of counterinsurgency in Iraq as "the surge". The Us currently has a relatively small army with many solders having already served many tours in combat. The military and communal are weary of funerals, amputations, and suicides of our heroes. A flourishing counterinsurgency would take years and countless lives. Second, Afghanistan is not Iraq. The infrastructure and culture are much older and less modern. While they have important minerals they don't have the oil income like Iraq to fund their development. Third, the Taliban move from Afghanistan to Pakistan. What good would it do to invest in Afghanistan, they would just move to Pakistan? Fourth, President Obama has said we are pulling out starting in July of next year. The locals are wise to wait us out and not trust the soldiers. Remember the Khmer Rouge who killed millions following the Us departure from Vietnam? Fifth, the rules of engagement are so sensitive to civilian causalities that we will have increased causalities as well as reduced force morale. Sixth, for counterinsurgency to work you need a partner in government. Can we in fact trust Harmid Karzai to be that partner when it appears his own brother is a key figure in the opium fed underground?

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So that's why I don't think counterinsurgency will work. Here's why I think counterterrorism will work. Our main objective is to fight terrorism, not nation building. If we cripple and kill the bad guys they will not be able to arm, train, and levy harm upon us or our friends. Counterterrorism counts on Predator strikes plus quick targeted extra military missions to 'kill the head of the snake'. This strategy also permits us to destroy the poppy fields without having to have the bad guys (our soldiers) on the ground following the strikes. Reality time--it would be much cheaper as we grow further and further in debt. This would give our military a break to recuperate, rearm, and retrain for the next possible conflict(s). Action in North Korea or Iran would be dissimilar especially considering their backers, namely the Chinese and Russians.

I am a big fan of general Petraeus and believe he will go down in history, along with George W. Bush, as heros who established a democracy in Iraq from the ashes of war. But let's not force him to prove his strategy in a theater where it makes no sense. And I don't for a moment believe Joe Biden came up with this strategy following thoughtful contemplation. I think he heard this in a briefing and saw it as a viable way to counter the opposition. Ultimately for heaven's sake let's make this decision based on logic, opportunity for success, and in the context of where we are, and not as if this is the only existing or possible war theater. I believe firmly that conservatives can rise above the petty politics of personalities and move to a position based on logic. For these reasons I suggest we adopt the strategy of counterterriorism and abandon counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. And don't worry, Joe will be Joe and do something slow-witted soon.....

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British soldiery Under Funded in Afghanistan

It was reported in the British press in March 2010 that British Soldiers in Afghanistan "would be alive" if they had the right equipment. The British Government had failed to increase the funding to the soldiery in real terms.

The relatives of the first female soldier Cpl Sarah Bryant who was killed in Afghanistan in 2008 believe that she and her colleagues would be alive today if the Labour Government had in case,granted her with the proper equipment and training.

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The verdict of the coroner was that they were killed unlawfully.

The coroner said that they did not have the proper equipment or training.

The Prime priest said on 10th March 2010 that the training and equipment was being improved but this is all too diminutive to late after all he has been the Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1997.

Cpl Sarah Bryant was killed in Helmand Province in Afghanistan on June 17th 2008. With her were killed Cpl Sean Reeve, L/Cpl Richard Larkin and Trooper Paul Stout when their Snatch Land Rover was hit by a roadside bomb. The Snatch Land Rover was not designed for Afghanistan. It had previously been deployed in Northern Ireland on tarmac roads, not sand in a desert. This vehicle has been complicated in at least 37 deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The inquest was told how British soldiers had repeatedly asked for Wmik Land Rovers which have much best off road ability where as the Snatch is designed for use on real roads.

When the British soldiers were informed that they would only have the Snatch Land Rover for their definite performance they greeted the news with some "disbelief" de facto soldiers had nick named these vehicles as "Mobile Coffins".

They were made to be used on regular roads as they could not drive off road.

They had used a metal detector to check a water policy for mines but sadly some 70 metres later the Snatch vehicle detonated a mine incommunicable in a shallow ditch. The blast was described as huge. All four died roughly instantly.

If they had been driving a Wmik Landrover they would very probably have driven whether side of the water policy and therefore would have had a far greater possibility of surviving. A former infantry commander has called the Snatch Landrover a "death trap" and Dr Richard North a defence specialist had advised that it was "totally inadequate" for dealing with mines and bombs.

Major Sebastian Morley the Sas squadron commander in Helmand province resigned four months after this terrible incident and he accused the Labour government of being "Cavalier at best Criminal at worst " over equipping troops. He accused Whitehall officials of or continually ignoring warnings that habitancy would be killed if they prolonged to allow soldiery to be conveyable in Snatch Land Rovers.

At the inquest into their deaths evidence was heard that they were forced to use this vehicle because of vehicle shortages and that they lacked training in the use of metal detectors.Rather crucial I would have plan when you need to detect mines that are made of metal.

The Labour Government has said that the defence funds is rising but that is the very least that one would expect if you have two wars to fight one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.

It seems that the Government failed to properly plan, act or equip the soldiery with the proper equipment

Therefore the deaths of these Soldiers must fall on their conscious. This is not a heritage that I would be proud of that is of soldiers being sent to war who are both poorly qualified and trained.

Only now, some two years after these soldiers death is the government arranging for new equipment to be delivered in the later half of 2010.

It is very sad that unlawful killing (the coroners' verdict) of British Soldiers is part of the Labour Legacy.

This is brought home to us every week as those lines of Black Hearses hike straight through Wooton Basset bringing back our dead heroes.

The Prime priest has now confirmed in the House of Commons that his evidence to the Chilcot inquiry was wrong in that the funding to the British Army had not increased every year in real terms as he had previously advised.

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The Plight of Women in Afghanistan

Women in Afghanistan continue to have lives that--in the words of 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes--are "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." With the possible exception of Sub-Sahara Africa, Afghanistan is maybe the worst place in the world for females of all ages. The reasons for this desperate state of affairs vary, but invariably they consist of poverty, illiteracy, lack of condition care and the pernicious succeed of religious fundamentalism.

Afghanistan is desperately poor. In 2009 the per capita wage was under 0 per year--too low to appear on international statistical charts. This shape compares with ,990 in China, ,450 in Poland, and ,500 in the United States. The per capita wage is unlikely to growth appreciably in the next 50 years because the country does not have a viable tax base or the infrastructure that is needed to keep economic development.

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The whole of illiteracy in Afghanistan is startling. According to researchers with the United Nations, an estimated 50 per cent of Afghan men cannot read or write. The illiteracy rate for women is even higher--estimated at 79 per cent. In areas of the country ruled by the Taliban, girls are forbidden to go to school. The only education for boys involves rote memorization of religious tracts.

Women do not receive any meaningful condition care in Afghanistan. One measure of this lack of care is the country's maternal mortality rate of 1,600 per 100,000 women. This compares with 7 per 100,000 in the United Kingdom and the United States. Afghan women must seek permission from husbands, fathers or brothers to see a doctor. If the men refuse, the women's healing needs remain unmet. In the rare cases when Afghan women are allowed to go to a clinic or hospital, they may be seen by female clinic workers only.

Religious fundamentalism has its roots in poverty and illiteracy, but also in the fear and suspicion that are part of the everyday lives of Afghan people. Women have no rights, and they may be beaten with impunity by "religious police" if the women are not in the business of a husband or male relative; also, religious police may beat Afghan women if they think the women are not dressed properly. Uniformed police, if present, never interfere.

The United States is presently spending billion monthly in Iraq and Afghanistan, but none of this money makes its way down to the impoverished women. The money is instead spent on a puppet army, a puppet police force, and a puppet government. Also, an estimated 40 percent of U. S. Taxpayer money sent to Afghanistan is skimmed off by corrupt politicians and varied warlords.

Afghan women have no hope, no future.

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Afghanistan: hereafter After Nato resignation

Afghanistan has a long history. This history is full of wars and conflicts. From 1978 this country is in the state of war. This long and continuous conflict has left the country in very poor condition. After 9/11 Usa came to Afghanistan and ousted Taliban regime. At that point some belief that it might prove the point where bloody conflict end and new good hereafter start. Many hoped and wished so but reality is quite different.

Currently Afghanistan is controlled by Nato soldiery in some parts, Afghan Army and Police in some other parts, while remaining country is controlled by warlords and Taliban. Us President Obama came to Washington with turn as his agenda. This turn schedule has resulted in pull out of Us and Nato soldiery within 2 to 3 years. Some measure will be remaining for helping Afghan government.

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Future of Afghanistan, after foreign soldiery pull out seems uncertain. Current Afghan government is least favorite and their substitutes are enjoying nearly same popularity. This is a perilous situation as once pull out starts then forces, which are dormant now, will start acting. They are waiting for foreign force to leave and once it is done they will start to make grounds for themselves.

Washington has expressed pleasure on the Afghan situation and hoped that till pull out time situation will added improve. This seems more a wishful thinking than reality. If Taliban and Al Qaeda are passive it is not because of their weakness but rather due to their strategy. They are clear that after pull out current Afghan regime is incapable and inapt to resist Taliban. They are eying Kabul after pull out and this is more realistic than Washington appraisal that things will improve.

Current Afghan regime is nothing else but a pure, undiluted disappointment for Afghan people. The brave Afghan are ruled by the most inefficient group of people. It is authentically tragic that President Obama despite his ultimate disappointment had no other selection but current Afghan president. Mr. Karzai is notorious for his corruption and weak control.

It is high time for Washington to reassess its hereafter prediction about Afghanistan. It should think all ground realities before development any judgment. Any wrong appraisal will have great repercussions for the region in singular and the world in general.

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