Shut Up Iris

First of all, fuck Afghanistan and the people that live there. I don't care about them or their shitty country and it's bullshit that any American should be dying in Afghanistan. At least we have a good reason for being there.Think about it.

Osama Bin Laden masterminded and funded the 9/11 attacks, the Taliban, who nominally controlled Afghanistan were harboring Osama and Al Quaeda, one could see it was only a matter of time before we in the U.S. of A went in to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. So of course President George W. Asshole sent in the army and captured and or killed, well people, that may or may not have been Al Quaeda but who were certainly NOT Osama Bin Laden.



Of course, the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Republican Controlled Senate were all on board for going in and getting Bin Laden, they didn't ask any questions , they didn't even hold a fucking hearing to ask things like 'What are our objectives?''What will constitute a sucessful mission?''Will we engage in an occupation, or are we just after Bin Laden and the Taliban?''Will we be also getting involved in other waste of time/life/money wars at the same time?' the rubber stamp was applied and off we went to Afghanistan.

That was then, this is now. Now Senate Republicans are wary of Obama's plan for Afghanistan and his goals for measuring success in Afghanistan. That IS interesting. When we have a Republican President, Republican Senators and lawmakers are perfectly happy to get behind a President sending our troops to die in a foreign land with no plan and no way for measuring success, but a Democrat gets elected.................and now the plan (which they didn't even have before) gives them pause, and makes them question whether it's such a good idea. Chief among them is one of Bush's main rubber-stampers, Senator John McCain.



Now, I'm no big city lawyer, but that smacks to me of how do you say in English? Oh yeah hypocrisy. Fuck I hate politicians.



I hate the hypocrisy, but I also hate how these fucktard politicians have no problem wasting lives and money when the prestige of their own political party is on the line. I hate that the war in Afghanistan is STILL going on despite the failure of it's only stated goal: Get Bin Laden Dead or Alive. Our troops are in a country, where no one wants them and our soldiers are forced to try and fight not only the Taliban, but corruption, poverty and our own retarded NATO allies. If John McCain, or indeed any politician had any balls, or any patriotism they would have said 'fuck no' to the war in the first place or at the very least asked some questions of the man that got us into it. Motherfuckers.

Having said that, do I like President Obama's plan? Fuck no. It's not so much a plan as a wish list. Most of the plan that our soldiers will now be asked to execute relies almost entirely on Hamid Karzai's corrupt, ineffective and vote stealing government. It also relies on Pakistan's terrorist fighting capacity. So it has no chance of working, ever.



What would work in Afghanistan? If we look at history we have to conclude that NOTHING will work. Afghanistan is another one of those countries cobbled together by Imperial powers during wars of conquest. Afghanistan has several different tribal groups who all hate each other and all have different languages, customs and even religions. They have nothing in common and access to heavy weaponry, all we are doing is providing them with nice American targets. What is the worst that can happen if we just leave Afghanistan?



The worst is that we take away the main reason for the Taliban's continued existence: foreign occupation. The Taliban was born of the Soviet Invasion (thanks to our money and guns)and only had nominal control of Afghanistan and waning fortunes and recruitment when we decided to invade.Before we invaded Iran was working to undermine the hated Sunni Taliban, the Northern Alliance was holding it's own and making gains everywhere in Afghanistan except in Helmand where the Pashtun Taliban originated. Now what? Now Iran is probably providing support to anyone who hates the U.S. as usual. We have put the Warlords of the Northern Alliance in government and looked the other way as they grow opium, steal reconstruction money and rule like kings with President Karzai's tacit approval. Instead of Afganistani's deciding who they wanted to rule they have 'democracy' forced on them at gunpoint, a corrupt, ineffective democracy. Civil wars only have an outcome if there is a winner. All throughout history foreign super powers stepping in only delays the inevitable civil war and it's natural outcome. Absent the British Empire India and Pakistan finally sorted things out, mostly. Absent the Soviet Union the Balkans finally got on resolving border issues dating from the time of the Byazantine Empire. These were bloody horrible wars, just like the American Civil War, but what we have to remember, they are none of our business.

So here is a picture of Osama Bin Laden's niece.