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Mass starvation in Afghanistan
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Prestwich_Blue
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I'm currently reading a book called 'Directorate S' about Afghanistan. The title refers to the Pakistani ISI department that was responsible for pursuing Afghan strategy.
The whole thing was a mess. Karzai was a weak, corrupt leader who tried to play the USA & Pakistan off against each other. Billions of dollars were poured into the country, most of which was siphoned off. $800m disappeared from the Afghan National Bank into the pockets of corrupt individuals.
The USA really didn't have a clear strategy, with the Pentagon, State Department and CIA all pursuing their own agenda, often with conflicting strategies even within those organisations. The Pakistanis were more concerned about neutralising Indian influence within Afghanistan and internal terrorism, than about Afghan sovereignty. The US worked out what the top five Pakistani issues were and none coincided with the top American issues.
Really, the US should have said to the Taliban that if they distanced themselves from Al Qaeda then they'd happily leave Afghanistan to its own devices. There were certainly indications that the Taliban were prepared to do this. It was simply never going to be possible to gain a military victory when the Afghan Taliban were able to find refuge in Pakistan. So the US should have also told Karzai and Pakistan to sort it out between themselves.
The whole thing was a mess. Karzai was a weak, corrupt leader who tried to play the USA & Pakistan off against each other. Billions of dollars were poured into the country, most of which was siphoned off. $800m disappeared from the Afghan National Bank into the pockets of corrupt individuals.
The USA really didn't have a clear strategy, with the Pentagon, State Department and CIA all pursuing their own agenda, often with conflicting strategies even within those organisations. The Pakistanis were more concerned about neutralising Indian influence within Afghanistan and internal terrorism, than about Afghan sovereignty. The US worked out what the top five Pakistani issues were and none coincided with the top American issues.
Really, the US should have said to the Taliban that if they distanced themselves from Al Qaeda then they'd happily leave Afghanistan to its own devices. There were certainly indications that the Taliban were prepared to do this. It was simply never going to be possible to gain a military victory when the Afghan Taliban were able to find refuge in Pakistan. So the US should have also told Karzai and Pakistan to sort it out between themselves.
I would guess at Kazakhstan from the name, but maybe he is Borat or Rambo III?you were in Afghanistan?
blue b4 the moon
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No idea what the answer is but any aid/money will be creamed off I'd imagine by the Taliban fuckers and the poor will still get next to fuck all.
The world's a big mess.
The world's a big mess.
Berts Neck
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So we lost 457 soldiers in Afghanistan, the US lost over 7000 since 9/11.. some kind of retribution !!
On one of those vox pop vids, an American was asked to identify France. He put the flag in Australia.US citizens wouldn’t know Afghanistan from Papua New Guinea.
They just had to bomb somewhere.
MaineDAWG2008
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theres a famine in Yemen. Saudis are using weapons sold by Britain. Nawt said or written about it in the mainstream.
So sad but I’d imagine the policy is to “starve” the Taliban out of Office, their infrastructure could collapse and they get ousted by a Government the West are willing to deal with. As ever collateral damage, in this case impoverished human beings. The Taliban were cunts before, they’ll become more cuntish as time goes on.
bluejon
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maybe a weird combination of the two? BoramboI would guess at Kazakhstan from the name, but maybe he is Borat or Rambo III?
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I can’t watch those videos for long. They make me sad and angry in equal measure.On one of those vox pop vids, an American was asked to identify France. He put the flag in Australia.
They're starting to happen over here now too.