Following this morning’s incident, in which a long-serving Afghan policeman shot five British soldiers and then disappeared into the Helmand Province, the status of the nation’s police force in increasingly coming under question.
Officials say the police have been successfully infiltrated “at every level” by the Taliban, meaning even seemingly loyal police, today’s attacker served without incident for three years for instance, could be ticking time bombs just waiting for the order to attack.
Corruption and incompetence are long-standing issues with the nation’s police force – as one British soldier put it “we were literally training them how to point a gun on the ranges, and telling them why you should not stop cars and demand ‘taxes.'”
Even with this training police extorting the public is a routine occurrence. Now it seems that on top of worrying about that foreign troops have to contend with the very real possibility that the police are Taliban plants.
The latest incident has drawn renewed interest to the war, long unpopular with the British public, among the nation’s press which is increasingly asking uncomfortable questions to a government determined to continue the war at any cost.
The British government so far seems to be trying to portray this as an isolated incident, yet the heavy toll for a nation not used to losing soldiers in foreign wars (at least in the modern era) likely will not lend itself to simple excuses.
how shocking!!!!
currently im investigating reports that the NYC police department has been infiltrated by Americans
At least Afghans have a clear understanding of government, taxes and the use of force.
Why don't they behave the way we WANT them to behave..????
Aren't we there to help them praise Jes….Err.. Allah, Halburton and Conoco..???
What does it mean "renewed interest" in the war? When millions accross Western cities marched against the wars, nobody gave them time of the day. The media treated it as non-event. If one hundred people in Moscow stage a protest, that is immediatelly dubbed the "voice of the people". We prosecute people who have used Twitter to organize demonstrations at G-20 events, while we are extatic at such "creative" use of technology when an urbanite Gucci crowd of Nothern Teheran claimed to be "the voice of people". It is really hard to care any more about "renewed interest". The governments do whatever they want to do, and interpret it the way they want. With the "mainstream" media being their bullhorn.
"renewed interest" in keeping every one cheering war. i mean even the great and moral people of american can not sustain this goodness forever it takes alot out of effort to do the right thing and disavow all facts history and reason.
after all we have always been at war with eastasia. or was that Eurasia … ah im no good at this that why i vote once every four years. so that the best person can make all of these decision with out me