Posts Tagged ‘Helmand’
“We will be defeated in Afghanistan”
TruthDig | By Chris Hedges | 20 July 2009 War Without Purpose Al-Qaida could not care less what we do in Afghanistan. We can bomb Afghan villages, hunt the Taliban in Helmand province, build a 100,000-strong client Afghan army, stand by passively as Afghan warlords execute hundreds, maybe thousands, of Taliban prisoners, build huge, [...]
While Pakistanis die by the dozens, the British want their troops out, Now
How many more will die in vain before we withdraw? The attempt to exploit soldiers' deaths to win support for the shameful war in Afghanistan thankfully isn't working Seumas Milne | Wednesday 15 July 2009 22.00 BST All week politicians, media and the military have strained every nerve to turn public sympathy over the deaths of British [...]
A Short History of the “Af/Pak” War: A Folly Built on Lies More Outrageous than Iraq
Britain must tell Obama: the alliance of denial has to end Brown can salvage the diplomatic disgrace of Afghanistan if he acts as he is known to believe, and sets a withdrawal date Simon Jenkins guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 14 July 2009 21.00 BST Article history Diplomacy, your hour has come. There is no way soldiers will [...]
McChrystal Digs In, Afghan Women Say Get Out
THE HUFFINGTON POST Rethink Afghanistan Robert Greenwald | Posted: July 13, 2009 01:10 PM Debunking the Myths About Women's Rights in Afghanistan Afghan women continue to face horrific violence, despite one of the oft-stated goals of this war. And yet proponents of the war continue to use recent incidents of rape, abduction, and brutality [...]
