OBAMA'S "LITTLE WAR" IN AFGHANISTAN IS A SURE LOSER...
FOR ONE THING...OBAMA AND THE WEST HAVE NO REAL ALLIES IN THE AFGHAN POPULATION.
THE WAY AN A SUCCESSFUL EMPIRE "CONQUERS" IS WITH THE HELP OF THE INDIGENOUS ELITES...AT LEAST ONE OLD ELITE MUST BE TAPPED TO "TAKE OVER".... THIS IS THE CONSISTENT VERDICT OF HISTORY!
BARE FACED FOREIGN OCCUPATION...ESPECIALLY WITH GLOBAL ISLAM WATCHING IN HORROR...WILL SIMPLY NEVER WORK...
IRAQ WAS A "SUCCESS" ONLY WHEN THE AMERICANS TURNED THE GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD OVER TO THE PRO-IRANIAN SHIA...AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OLD ELITES, THE SUNNIS...
THE SURGE "WORKED" TEMPORARILY WHEN THE US MOVED INTO SUNNI AREAS AS "FRIENDS" OF THE SUNNIES...AND KICKED THE SHIA "GREEN ZONE" DEATH SQUADS OUT OF SUNNI TOWNS AND DISTRICTS... OF COURSE PAYING OFF THE SUNNI LEADERSHIP ALSO HELPED...
IN AFGHANISTAN THERE WERE NO COMPARABLE "ELITES" TO CO-OPTED FOR THE WESTERN CAUSE... THE "NORTHERN ALLIANCE" WAS SIMPLY NOT VIABLE IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY.
AND THE SOUTHERN PASHTUN WAR LORDS, WHO WERE BROUGHT INTO THE KABUL "ELECTED" GOVERNMENT BY THE US...HAVE TURNED KABUL INTO A LARGE WESTERN SUPPORTED CORRUPT NARCO-STATE.
MY ADVISE TO OBAMA WOULD BE SOLVE PROBLEMS USING EXISTING ELITES...
FAILING THAT...TRY CONTAINMENT AS WAS DONE WITH RUSSIA DURING THE COLD WAR. I MEAN HOW MUCH REAL "PLANNING" AND "TRAINING" ARE BEING DONE IN THE REMOTE CAVES OF PAKISTAN?
I WOULD FEAR FRANKFURT AND LONDON MORE THAN THE "TRIBAL REGIONS OF PAKISTAN"...FOR REAL TERROR AND TERRORISTS!!
JUST BOMBING AND KILLING POOR SHOELESS MUSLIMS...IN STILL MORE MUD HUT VILLAGES...SIMPLY WILL NOT WORK...
AND WILL ONLY ENFLAME THE SITUATION AMONG MUSLIMS GLOBALLY!!
THE REAL LESSON OF VIETNAM...WAS:
BODY COUNTS...DON'T COUNT!
