Whar are we doing there if we let this happen?
Re: What should we do?
Whar are we doing there if we let this happen?
Re: What should we do?
Nothing.Originally Posted by Fragony
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Re: What should we do?
No it wasn't him , it is his brother who has been writing about some of the nasty stuff the warlords from the Northern Alliance get up to .The reporter was criticizing the regime(which we're supporting btw), and is taken care of, dictator-style.
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What is with all that you can't destroy this or that, it's about making something significantly insignificant.
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Ah, might be it. Makes it even more like the standard dictatorial way of doing it, going after the family of a dissident...
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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Im struggling with this one as by interferring and saving the guy we could cause more deaths but should we leave this guy to die for using his freedom of speech and criticising religion ?
Firstly why is this against the law in Afghanastan and worthy of a death penalty not my idea of a free democracy by a long shot.
I think we should interfere as much as i dislike this i believe we should be trying to encourage this kind of freedom and save this guy from an unjust punishment.
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Re: What should we do?
We went there to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden and dismantle Al Qaeda's presence in the region. Ridding Afghanistan of the Taliban and installing a democratic government was a secondary concern and to be brutally honest, nothing more than a fringe benefit of having the Northern Alliance toss their hat in the ring with us.
When you consider that Afghanistan has always been a hornet's nest of tribalism, unrest and civil strife then our presence and political interests there should always be considered temporary. Far better and brutal conquerers have claimed that region only to experience how enormously difficult and costly it is to keep and subdue. If we can effectively destroy Al Qaeda's viability in that region then it is in our best interest to get out of there as fast as we can and let the locals sort out their own territorial disputes and ancient hatreds.
"Why spoil the beauty of the thing with legality?" - Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: What should we do?
The U.S. broke Afghanistan because they had to, now Nato owns it because no one else would have it. What we are trying to do is contain the damage and control the political fallout, and in particular the spread of the Taliban, since no one is able or willing to do that. It is neither a great success nor a pretty sight, but withdrawal would be a bigger failure and create a far uglier view.
Words like 'nation building' or 'democratization' are for too big for this mission.
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