The problem is not the population of Marja, or it’s strategic significance. As long as we continue using military force and propping up a corrupt, illegitimate government, we will continue to fail.
Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’
Afghanistan: Obama to escalate while talking “exit”
Gee, where have we heard that before?
(For you youngsters out there, that’s Lyndon B. Johnson, the President who campaigned as the “peace candidate” against “war-hawk” Barry Goldwater, while escalating American troop levels from 16,000 to 550,000.)
Yes, given that sending lots of troops into Afghanistan hasn’t worked before then certainly sending still more troops will produce [...]
Deadliest month in Afghanistan for US. Karzai’s brother linked to drugs, CIA
And it’s 1,2,3
What are we fighting for
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn
Next stop is Afghanistan
Juan Cole reports on the carnage and corruption.
Code Pink rethinks its call for Afghanistan pullout
Local women’s groups in Afghanistan say a US pullout could lead to the return of armed militias and violence against women.
“In the current situation of terrorism, we cannot say troops should be withdrawn,” Shinkai Karokhail, an Afghan member of Parliament and woman activist, told them. “International troop presence here is a guarantee for my safety.”
Code [...]
Afghanistan and the socialist left
From Ex-punk, ex-Trot, current journalist David Osler
Ok, do you want to cheerlead the guys that throw acid in schoolgirls’ faces, or the men who killed dozens of Afghan civilians in an airstrike on two stolen fuel tankers last week? Hopefully, by the time you have finished this post, you will agree with me that such [...]
