France Weighs Pullout After 4 of Its Soldiers Are Killed By STEVEN ERLANGER and ALISSA J. RUBIN, from The New York Times PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy of France suspended military training and assistance for Afghan forces on Friday and said he would consider an early withdrawal from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier shot and [...]
Whether in our own personal lives or in the lives of countries around the world, we always see that “force†or unyielding behavior does not always win. Countries throughout history have realized repeatedly that conquering a resisting country’s territory does not mean that the people will suddenly turn into slavish sycophants who will suddenly obey [...]
This is another of Afghanistan’s afflictions: a growing drug addiction problem and all the ills that come with that.
Original article written by Quentin Sommerville, from the BBC The Attackers Came In Waves Gunmen have stormed the British Council office in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least nine people and taking over the compound for hours. A suicide car bomb destroyed the compound wall and a number of heavily armed men forced their [...]
AFGHANISTAN? WHY ARE WE THERE? TO KILL HEALTHY YOUNG AMERICANS? TO MAKE MILITARY POWER GROUPS RICH? From the Associated Press Afghanistan (AP) — A military helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops and seven Afghan commandos, the country’s president said Saturday. An American official said it was apparently shot down, in [...]
When young human males are 17 to 24 years old they believe they cannot die. I know. When I was 17 years old, I joined the U.S. Marine Corps, and after three months of training, I was ready to fight any enemy. This condition was known in the Marine Corps as being “Gung Ho.†“Gung [...]
In 2003, the U.S. and the U.K. invaded Iraq. Why? “To establish Democracy.” That Democracy never came. In 2001 the U.S. and the U.K. invaded Afghanistan. Why? To establish Democracy. That Democracy never came. But tens of thousands of people were wantonly killed. In 1978 the U.S., Israel and Egypt signed the Camp David peace [...]
Every American citizen knows it. Their country is gradually turning into a junk heap. Every hour on television there are reports of how the Theme Park called “The White House” is putting on another show, with new actors and that funny Mr. Obama, always smiling and reading consoling advice from his teleprompters. “Ahhhh, we’re getting [...]
