| Submit your comments on this article |
| Afghanistan |
| The Tony Soprano solution for Afghanistan and the 2012 national election. |
| 2011-03-02 |
| Pakistan: Report Alleges US, NATO, Afghan Forces for Funding Taliban [Unattributed report: "US, Nato forces are making deals with Taliban"] KARACHI: American, Nato and Afghan forces in Afghanistan are seriously worried of the heightened activities of the Taliban. To save themselves and the upcoming presidential eleciton, they are engaged in unsoldierly Chicago style businesses. Now the US and Nato forces are in deals with warlords and Taliban or anyone with a hand out and an operational AK-47 to keep them dormant, thus indirectly funding the Taliban fighting potential. A well-placed Afghan official, (oxymoron) based in Kabul, has startling yes, yes, yes, startling, quite startling indeed, disclosures about the underhand deals and concessions offered to Taliban in various provinces of Afghanistan..... and Pakistan as well. The US and some Nato partners are fighting Taliban freedom fighters on one hand but at the same time paying huge amount of cash and weapons to Taliban to buy local safety and safe passages.... which will one day produce Afghan officials like Governor Balkh Ustad Atta Muhammad and others pay millions of Afghanis and provide large number of weapons to representatives of Taliban in their areas. In return, this 'Attaya' force of the Taliban guarantee safety to the officials and their families. The Kabul based official has also revealed that certain government officials were in league with the Taliban gassssssssssssssssssp and other opposition groups to defame government of President Karzai on one pretext or the other. The combat alliance of 46 countries, deployed in different provinces of the Afghanistan misadventure, have evolved their respective mechanism to ensure safety to their troops and supply convoys, FOBs, COPs, etc. Germany, France, Holland the UK to name a few all have brokered local peace deals with the Taliban to avoid casualties. Dutch deal brokers.....? Who knew? Does it portray a reluctance of the military to face the adversary? The front remains the security companies who deal on behalf of the US and NATO with Taliban and broker a safe passage or occasional calm in the local area. This outcome is then portrayed at international level as an operational success of the US and Nato and, and, and President for Life Obama. In December 2009, the US Congress in a wide-ranging probe confirmed that private security companies, hired to protect defence convoys in Afghanistan, were paying off Taliban and warlords for safe passage. This remains a testimony about the US and Nato double standards; paying for local securities being unable to cover their operational vulnerabilities with all their air power and military might. Out of operational compulsions US and Nato are in fact feeding the Taliban and warlords to use the same money to perpetuate their activities, or in other words "keep the ball rolling." A ponzi scheme you say? [Description of Source: Islamabad The News Online in English -- Website of a widely read, influential English daily, member of the Jang publishing group. Neutral editorial policy, good coverage of domestic and international issues. Usually offers leading news and analysis on issues related to war against terrorism. Circulation estimated at 55,000; URL: http://www.thenews.com.pk/] |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Yes, but BJ Billy pushed Welfare Reform and a bunch of other Republican ideas as his own, and was successful in signing those slightly relabeled bills as his own. Zero has not shown the same ability to triangulate. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2011-03-02 19:32 |
| #8 So long as we get out of that hell hole, I don't care who we pay off. And I agree with Bill that it won't have a big effect either way on the '12 election. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2011-03-02 16:41 |
| #7 To quote Han Solo Don't get cocky kid Back in 1996 they were saying the same things about blow-job Billy. |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-03-02 14:29 |
| #6 I think everyone that has not guzzled the koolaide thinks this guy is done. Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-03-02 10:19 The "hope and change" I can believe in! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-03-02 10:30 |
| #5 Methinks his political career is toast already. Any thoughts that getting out of Afghanistan will save the 2012 election is just delusional. With the foreclosures, unemployment, morbund economy, leftist silliness and DOJ coo coo nuts ideas, I think everyone that has not guzzled the koolaide thinks this guy is done. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-03-02 10:19 |
| #4 This is not about 'good Taliban' or 'bad Taliban." This is about an illusion of progress which will allow a withdrawl of troops to be initiated whilst making a long-standing campaign promise reality. Blazing wars don't make very good campaign material. Obama must get out of this mess and fast or his political career will be quite short lived. Getting out of Afghanistan sooner rather than later will also enable the administration to dismantle the military and turn guns into |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-03-02 09:43 |
| #3 It sounds a bit like being a prison guard who's also smuggling stuff in for the inmates. You try giving it to the "good" inmates and/or they paying inmates, but it all ends up in circulation throughout the general prison population... |
| Posted by: American Delight 2011-03-02 09:29 |
| #2 Sounds more like weapon allowance given to the enemy. |
| Posted by: Snetch B. Hayes3906 2011-03-02 09:10 |
| #1 How can we keep the moderate Taliban away from the Pakistani ISI? The hardline faction of the Taliban led by Mullah Omar is controlled by the ISI and will not hold talks without ISI say so but the average Taliban is fed up with the war and wants talks. |
| Posted by: Paul 2011-03-02 08:13 |