1-2-3 What are We Fighting For?

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1-2-3 What are We Fighting For?
by Dave Lindorff | March 7, 2010 - 12:04pm

The stated goal of the US-led War in Afghanistan, according to the Obama Administration, is to defeat the Taliban and establish a stable democratic government over the entire country. Critical to that goal is establishing a professional Afghan army and police force that is not corrupt, and that has the respect of the Afghan people.

But reports out of Canada suggest that far from creating such a military and police force, the so-called International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) is turning a blind eye to the thuggish criminality of those organizations, both to avoid growing opposition in ISAF member countries, and to avoid offending those organizations in Afghanistan.

The issue in question is routine rape and sodomy of children by Afghan soldiers and police operating on Canadian-run bases in the Kandahar region.

As reported last fall in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Canadian military chaplins and some soldiers have been complaining as far back as 2006 that Afghan security forces have been sodomizing young boys on their base. These military whistle-blowers charge that the military brass has been ignoring or burying their complaints, fearing the bad publicity they could generate.

The paper reports that Canadian military police have also complained, as reported by Brig.-Gen. J.C. Collin, commander of Land Force Central Area, that they were being told "not to interfere in incidents in which Afghan forces were having sex with children."


Rest of article at: http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/27192/dave_lindorff/1_2_3_what_are_we_fighting_for

[Iggo]

1. Don't ask me. I don't give a damn. (n/t)

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Next stop Afghanistan

[11 Bravo]

4. And it's five, six, seven, open up the Pearly Gates!

[pipi_k]

5. Well there ain't no time to wonder why...

[bigtree]

6. whoopee

. . . they're all going to die

[deaniac21]

11. Give me an 'F'

[pipi_k]

13. Gimme a "U"!!!

[gleaner]

16. Gimme a "C" n/t

[Tailormyst]

3. I think much of the anti- war movement has been waiting for Obama to do something

It's pretty clear that nothing much is changing. I hope people will be marching again enmasse, regardless of whether or not they like the president.

Edit to add: Also in regards to the afgan soldiers raping young boys. This is sadly what happens when women are slaves that most men cannot afford to purchase. You have a massive number of young men who clearly know the chances of sexual intercourse with a woman anytime in the near future is nill and you add to it the testosterone raised by war and it is a recipe for rape. It's disturbing but it is true and it will continue as long as women there are enslaved and hidden away from the world.

[Echo In Light]

7. k/r

[tekisui]

8. I'm sick of these goddamn wars.

And those who support them both in and out of office.

[Autumn]

9. It's very important that we

GIVE them Democracy. :sarcasm: This mission is STILL a crock of shit. Enough.

[Solly Mack]

10. k/r

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

12. Be the 1st one on your block

to have your boy come home in a box

[Echo In Light]

14. Bump

[TexasObserver]

15. Same as always. Trying to kill our insecurities.