When the USA was attacked by bin Laden's al Qaeda on September 11, 2001 the entire global community was one, including Russia. They sent the first medical unit to Afghanistan when it was obvious the USA was sending troops.
The world identified with these events and wanted the end of al Qaeda. If Afghanistan had remained the focus of the USA's only war in the region it would be very different today.
When Bush and Cheney turned the "War on Terror" into a war for natural resources BEGINNING with Iraq and viewing every other sovereign nation as having potential for 'harboring terrorists' the entire community, including traditional allies, postured away from the USA's new aggressive determination.
Today because of the wrong headed Techno Wars that create more so called terrorists than it kills the USA has accomplished less than nothing in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
I had often wondered what would occur if the USA were to leave. Tajikistan has a large Afghan border to it's south and only a stone's throw from the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan. The Pakistan tribal regions and Tora Bora are only a small jog to the south from Kashmir. So, to estimate the region with Taliban unrest will be stable is not realistic. I am confident President Putin expects a great deal of mischief shortly after the USA exists.
It is not as though Russia is not empathetic for the continued killings in Afghanistan either.
So, while Americans and their media worry about their embassy closings and potential kill of Ayman al Zawahiri while attempting to raise their ratings, the rest of the world has other plans. I think this time, with new Russian bombers and a concern for the allies that were once the old Soviet Union, the Taliban will find unwelcome outcomes to their plans to carry out terror of the Afghan people or should I say the Tajiks.
01/08/2013
NOVO-OGARYOVO
August 1 (RIA Novosti)
President Vladimir Putin (click here) has instructed the Russian military to assess the risks of the withdrawal of US and international coalition troops from Afghanistan and help Tajikistan face potential threats after the pullout, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.
The world identified with these events and wanted the end of al Qaeda. If Afghanistan had remained the focus of the USA's only war in the region it would be very different today.
When Bush and Cheney turned the "War on Terror" into a war for natural resources BEGINNING with Iraq and viewing every other sovereign nation as having potential for 'harboring terrorists' the entire community, including traditional allies, postured away from the USA's new aggressive determination.
Today because of the wrong headed Techno Wars that create more so called terrorists than it kills the USA has accomplished less than nothing in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
I had often wondered what would occur if the USA were to leave. Tajikistan has a large Afghan border to it's south and only a stone's throw from the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan. The Pakistan tribal regions and Tora Bora are only a small jog to the south from Kashmir. So, to estimate the region with Taliban unrest will be stable is not realistic. I am confident President Putin expects a great deal of mischief shortly after the USA exists.
It is not as though Russia is not empathetic for the continued killings in Afghanistan either.
MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – As many as 97 girls at two schools (click here) in northern Afghanistan have fallen sick after a suspected gas poisoning, the Pajhwok news agency has reported.
A total of 77 girls at a school in Maimana, in Faryab province, and another 20 girls at a school in Behsud, in Sar-e Pol province, fell ill after reportedly smelling gas during the classes.
“When the girls started fainting, the teacher noticed a man running in a school ground,” one of the victims told the agency. Investigators also believe the girls could have fallen ill due to heat and insanitary conditions at schools.
Poisoning attacks at Afghan schools are often staged by the Taliban who are against education for women. The country’s education ministry said some 550 schools and lyceums were recently closed over security concerns....
So, while Americans and their media worry about their embassy closings and potential kill of Ayman al Zawahiri while attempting to raise their ratings, the rest of the world has other plans. I think this time, with new Russian bombers and a concern for the allies that were once the old Soviet Union, the Taliban will find unwelcome outcomes to their plans to carry out terror of the Afghan people or should I say the Tajiks.NOVO-OGARYOVO
August 1 (RIA Novosti)
President Vladimir Putin (click here) has instructed the Russian military to assess the risks of the withdrawal of US and international coalition troops from Afghanistan and help Tajikistan face potential threats after the pullout, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.
“President Vladimir Putin’s orders are straightforward: to assess all risks and to help the Tajik armed forces face these risks,” Shoigu said after talks between Putin and his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rakhmon.
Shoigu said a program to modernize the Tajik army might cost up to $200 million and involve repairs of existing equipment as well as purchases of new weaponry.
The program would be implemented in three stages – in 2013-2015 – and in two five-year periods later on, he said....
It is far more interesting to realize, if the USA maintained it's focus on Afghanistan it would all be over by now and stability returned. I thought that was the original plan, right? Destroy al Qaeda and prevent further spread of the global cancer. My, my how wrong could I be. And the cancer did indeed spread, now didn't it? And all the money besides. STRUCTURAL DEBT OF THE BUSH/CHENEY FOREVER WARS. It had to end sometime.
An army trooper at a checkpoint Monday in Sana, Yemen.
6 August 2013
It is far more interesting to realize, if the USA maintained it's focus on Afghanistan it would all be over by now and stability returned. I thought that was the original plan, right? Destroy al Qaeda and prevent further spread of the global cancer. My, my how wrong could I be. And the cancer did indeed spread, now didn't it? And all the money besides. STRUCTURAL DEBT OF THE BUSH/CHENEY FOREVER WARS. It had to end sometime.
An army trooper at a checkpoint Monday in Sana, Yemen.
6 August 2013
It follows (click here) the sudden closure of 20 US embassies and consulates on Sunday.
This was prompted by intercepted conversations between two senior al-Qaeda figures, including top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, US media said.
The Pentagon said the US Air Force was flying workers out of the capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday morning....
