The Iraqification of Afghanistan, running parallel to the Americanization of Canada under Stephen Harper, is clear.
Victory is always just around the corner. "The enemy is cornered," "encircled," " "being squeezed," or been killed by the "dozens" or "hundreds." Yet the enemy keeps coming back, stronger than before.
Fighting has raged on for most of the summer in the south. The Taliban won't go away, just as the insurgents in Iraq won't.
Civilians are paying the biggest price, just as civilians are in Iraq. Nearly 1,000 Afghans have been killed in the last two months.
Afghans are caught between the Taliban and NATO forces. The former confiscate vehicles and food, kill local administrators, close girls' schools and encourage opium production, now at record levels. The latter conduct counter-insurgency and counter-narcotics operations, including bombing, thereby forcing people out of their villages and their livelihood.
"A humanitarian crisis of starvation and poverty has gripped the south," says the Senlis Council, a European think-tank, in a devastating report based on extensive field research
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Canada can improve their position by doing something as simple as advising families or Village Elders of where those who disappeared are now located. They can help the people of Afghanistan by helping them locate the lost even if they have been killed or arrested.
She went on to say that Canada reneged on the promise to help the Afghani. These people have been seeing worse and not better since the invasion. As pointed out by other posters, the drugs are being nurtured by the corrupt officals in charge. Graft and lawlessness is the norm.
Again, I hope other posters can do a better job of discribing the details of the CBC interview.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
In 1965 when I was in the USAF Advanced ROTC/Reserves this is what they were saying about the Viet Cong. In 1968 when I was kicked out of the US Navy for anti-war activites and dereliction of duty they were still saying the same thing. In 1972 when I received a "we forgive you" letter from Richard Nixon (two weeks before that year's Presidential election) with a cheque for $500. and an amnesty granting me all of my GI Bill rights and upgrading me to a General Discharge they were still saying the same things. In 1973 when I left the US forever to go live in South America they were still saying the same thing. Then, one day while passing through Lima, Peru I glanced at the morning headlines: "Se Fueron" (literal translation: They took themselves away) with a big picture of a helicopter rising from the roof of the US embassy in Saigon. A wry smile crossed my face and I said to myself, "F**k you war mongers!"
That was a great day.
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Michael
Only the day. The US government learned nothing from it. Again solders are killed for a false cause. Long term plans are still being made for the invasions.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.