Since the lamestream media concentrate on sports and entertainment on weekends, you may not have seen reports of the latest horrific attack on foreigners in Kabul, the capital of Armpitistan. Last Friday, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a restaurant filled with foreigners and affluent Afghans, while two gunmen stormed through the back door and opened fire.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Friday's attack "in the strongest terms," in a statement given by spokesthingy Farhan Hack. [Ed., please check spelling.] "Four United Nations personnel, along with a number of those from other international organizations, are now confirmed dead," Haq said. "Such targeted attacks against civilians are completely unacceptable and are in flagrant breach of international humanitarian law. They must stop immediately," he added wistfully.
Further reading on WWW: "Why do Afghans keep killing Westerners? They hate us!"
The suicide bombing can only be seen as yet another episode in the American war on Afghanistan -- the longest-running war in American history. True, the dead weren't members of the US military -- not in uniform, at least -- but to the Taliban, it doesn't matter whether you're in a uniform or a suit; if you have white skin and blue eyes you're an infidel invader.
The question is why we keep sending people to that godforsaken sandpit to get killed. Hasn't it dawned on the Prez or anyone in his administration that the war is over? Well, not officially over, but certainly lost!
Daniel L. Davis is a Lietenant Colonel in the US Army. He has deployed into combat zones four times in his career, being awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor in Desert Storm and Bronze Star in Afghanistan. Nearly two years ago, the New York Times reported on two papers he published after returning from his second combat deployment to Afghanistan, in which he questioned the wisdom of pouring more men and resources into a war that couldn't be won.
Nobody paid attention, except for the purpose of disputing Lt-Col. Davis's characterization of the conflict.
Only a year ago, the commander of all US and allied forced, General John R. Allen, told an audience, "This insurgency will be defeated over time by the legitimate and well-trained Afghan forces that are emerging today, who are taking the field in full force this spring. Afghan forces defending Afghan people and enabling the government of this country to serve its citizens. This is victory."
That quote comes from an article by Lt-Col. Davis posted this week on The Daily Beast. [Thanks to Agent 17 for sending it along. Ed.] Here's the concluding paragraph.
"We have asked tens of thousands of American men and women to sacrifice their lives and bodies to the war in Afghanistan, ostensibly in defense of American national security. Over the last number of years our most senior leaders have resolutely refused to admit what the evidence plainly confirms: our strategies and policies have failed. We must stop sacrificing the lives and limbs of America’s Soldiers, Sailors, Airman, and Marines to support 'messaging' at the expense of the truth."
Further reading on WWW:
"Krazai Afghan president calls NATO mission 'failure'"
"'They're savages here, one and all'"
"We came, we conquered, we failed"
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