Article 1. Ok, who cares. They have horrible people at the facility on Bagram. Horrible. I lifted with a bunch of the guards and Interrogators. The stories about these guys were unbelievable. They got out every day to play soccer and crap. Human Rights Watch
. These guys are bad folks.
We provide wells, schools, roads, power plants, food, crops, farming equipment. Clothing to kids etc etc. The Taliban kills kids who go to school. I've seen them burn a school. And i've seen the remains of an attack on another. They kill animals that get vaccinated. We are doing our best.
Article 2. Afghanistan is a Narco state. No argument there. A very good friend of mine runs DEA hit teams that go in with SOF units to combat the Narco's. His stories are chilling. The corruption starts from the top. The VP is the main drug runner. No argument from me. This is how these people feed themselves. Unhappy people tend to side with the taliban. We don't burn fields, its counter productive. We do go after the drug dealers but when many are tribal leaders, neccesary for the war against the Taliban and AQ, you have to pick ur poison. Buring the fields in 03-04 led many to support the Taliban, who, and don't kid yourself, take plenty of Narco money, in exchange for protection. Its how they rebuilt themselves.
Article 3...most of this is biased Euro BS based on utter nonsense and jealousy. If you have never been to Afghanistan, then it would be very very hard to see through the article. The worthless Nato allies do nothing. Its us, the Brits and the Canadians, thats it. The French..worthless...the Germans...super worthless. They won't fight and they won't leave their bases.
European countries’ experience with ‘hearts and minds’ missions and historic cooperation with Muslim communities uniquely positions them to re-direct and lead the stabilisation efforts in Afghanistan. Under European guidance, the international military coalitions should concentrate on facilitating the conditions for aid delivery to reach Afghanistan’s most remote communities. This would be the first step for rural communities to join the reconstruction effort.
I don't have time to go through the whole article but of all of them, its the most idiotic.
Historic cooperation...the french killed thousands in North Africa. The Germans? The damm Europenas are the friggen reason the middle east is all screwed up. They made up iraq. They had no idea about tribes and territories, they drew lines and made countries. This is utter crap. The Brits fought and lost in Afghanistan. What history are these nuts talking about.
