An internal report from the British Defense Ministry has concluded that the ongoing occupation of Afghanistan is “unwinnable in military terms,” ruling that the NATO goals have largely failed and the survival of the Karzai government cannot be guaranteed.
The report says that whenever international troops leave, they will be leaving Afghanistan with a “very weak economic base,” and NATO will be on the hook for “large-scale support” of the government for many years.
It goes on to compare the NATO occupation for Afghanistan to the previous attempt by the Soviet Union, saying there are “an extraordinary number of similar factors” surrounding the two wars, and that commanders should learn the lessons of the Soviet war.
Elaborating, they say both wars aimed at imposing “an ideology foreign to the Afghan people” and that both eventually abandoned it in favor trying to secure relative support for their respective propped-up governments as the only alternative to the mujahedin, adding that the historical estimate of the NATO war would be, as with the Soviets’, linked entirely to how long the government survived after they leave.
The Defense Ministry downplayed the importance of the research report, insisting that the determination that the war is unwinnable does not change the official government position, which is that continuing the war is vital to British national security.
And then there is the thousands of years of history in which every attempt to destroy Pustune Culture resulted in loss to those trying to impose their ideas on the Afghans…..
Yes that Graveyard of Empires ! You gotta hand it to them. Bless their souls. They will run the US ne'er do wells off their turf.
Let me get the straight, the British DM admits that his government was stupid for getting into an unwinnable war, but that they have all intentions to stay. That sounds even stupider than the stupid US government which continues to stupidly believe that the war is winnable and intends to stay the course, a policy I originally believed to be as stupid as it gets. What a circus of heinous clowns.
Look: you English the French and Swedish and USA and Saudis and etc.., the fact of the matter is that Afghani people have nothing to lose so they fight you not having anything lost but their life.., you in the other hand have all the technology in the world using it against your own nation but can not win this war because you fighting an unjust war.., because you are thinking as the Roman empire even in 2013, they want their freedom you want to colonize their country, their culture and heritage and they will refuse to serenader to you or even one after you.
Look people: Hitler made a mistake when his army invaded Russia wanting to occupy Russia and Central Asia .., the idea behind this modernized Neo fascism is exactly the same as Hitler, wanting to occupy the entire Middle East and Central Asia.., for the natural resources and eventual war with Russia and China.., but with difference of Bush Tony Blair, the Swedish and others planed the invasion of middle east and central Asia by invading Afghanistan, then Iraq, now Syria and later Iran and…., this plan originates from Paul Wolfowitz, was introduced to Bill Clinton and he give you the Balkan war.., the Empire militarism ambition dose not ends their.., they are still on the path thinking that one day they might conquer the entire world by conquering the natural resources in Middle East and central Asia.
Roman empire were wrong.., so is Obama militarism regime.., so is the French Social democrats or that Swedish Neo fascism.
vital to British national security, are these government officials drugs?
As well as hundreds of years of British history, it has taken another 11 years to learn this?