At a briefing today, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little insisted that the military leadership and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta remain “fully committed” to the current US strategy of occupation in Afghanistan, and that the nationwide riots aren’t going to change anything.
“We’re not going to let the events of the past week, which are regrettable and unfortunate and tragic, influence the long-horizon view,” Little insisted, adding that the “fundamentals of our strategy remain sound.”
Exactly what that strategy is at this point beyond “stay the course” isn’t clear, as some 11 years into the occupation violence is still calamitous nationwide, and the current estimation from the war in the US intelligence community is that things are going extremely poorly.
Today’s comments are not an attempt to answer the ongoing questions about the war as such, but instead to dismiss the growing concerns that, with the latest Quran burning, the military is even further away than previously thought from the “hearts and minds” victory that it is constantly promising is just over the horizon.
This WikiLeaks news break has profound implications for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And once again WikiLeaks is the leading source of breaking news in the new internet environment.
Yes Tom and the profound implications for the US will go much further than Afghanistan and Pakistan – how about the entire world´s Muslim communities? It gets worse, because it makes our armies look more and more barbaric to our allies and on-the-border friends. Such actions actually betray the other NATO armies in the region, putting their lives in unnecessary danger. “Those bloody Yanks are more dangerous than the Taliban!”Absolutely everything about that bonfire celebration was a clusterfuck. I doubt it had much of an effect on our political folks; they are totally without pride or honor.
Who was behind that heinous stupidity? I just can´t picture a bunch of enlisted guys getting their kicks burning books: “Hey guys, let´s burn some Korans! Wait a minute, couldn´t we get court marshaled over that? Na, It´ll be fun, and it is cold out. It would definitely piss off the bad guys, but what about all of the Afghans who are on our side, won´t they get angry? Who cares, hey does anyone know where we could get some books in Arabic?”
Keep in mind WikiLeaks is a controlled operation…a plant
Of course they will not let them be affected. Occupiers never give in to the will of the occupied. The burning of the Koran is symbolic of that fact. They will continue to occupy and they will continue to burn the Koran. They go hand in hand. It is a holy war after all!
The “fundamentals of our strategy remain sound.”
Really? Afghaniscam is a lost cause. Has been for a long time now. The "fundamentals" of Amerikan strategy in the 'Scam' is an exercise in utter freaking barking madness.
And that very, very loud laughter is coming from Russia.
Remember – as per Sophocles some 2000+ years ago: "It is the mreit of a general to impart good news and to conceal the truth" – to LIE about how that light at the end of the tunnel is a freight train coming down the track.
Afghanistan is now and has always been, and will always be "the graveyard of soildiers and of empires".
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Whatever it takes. No denial is too deep and no lie too big. Ironically enough, DemocracyNow! had an in depth report today which reveals the complete opposite of what these shills claim. But such is the case, the worse the situation gets, the bigger the disconnect.
"Report from Kabul: Deadly Protests over U.S. Koran Burning May Be Turning Point for U.S. Occupation"
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/28/report_from…
"stay the course" is what Captain Smith did on the Titanic.