Comments on: The Afghanistan-Pakistan War: Obama’s Vietnam?

By: M.akram Niazi

M.akram Niazi — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:52:20 +0000

Union of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Only solution to present problem of Instability in Afghanistan and Pakistan is in the Union of Afghanistan and Pakistan, based on the basics principles of Democracy in which Government should be composed of representatives of all sections of society and regions, No one will be dominant to each other, and that country will be easily governable by Government, …

Advantages to world.
Control of Terrorism:
Control of Extremism:
Stabilization of Region:
Solution to Economic Problems.

Advantages to Pakistan:
• By unification with Afghanistan, areas which are included in Pakistan will be stabilized, and migration of people from disturbed areas will be stopped,
• Law and order situation due to smuggling of weapons from Afghanistan will come to an end.
• Similarly illicit drug trade will be minimized.
• Whole areas of Pukhtoons speaking population will become unified and which will be helpful for development of culture and language of that group which is now divided in two nations.
• Security measures expenses on borders will be minimized which may be used for welfare of people.
• Interference of other nations in this region will be stopped.
• Due to historical and unique region and having importance for Buddhism and Hindues religion, tourism industry will be flourished and business activity in the region will be increased,

Advantages to Afghanistan:
• By unification status of Afghanistan as land lock country will come to an end, and Union will increase the freedom of people of Afghanistan for travel and economic activity,
• Extremism and terrorism will come to and end, as the people will become more engaged and involved in adjusting themselves in new union. it will increase the utilization of raw products of Afghanistan ,
• Security and military expenses will be minimized,
• Doors of job for people of Afghanistan in Pakistan will opened ,the desire of unification of people of Afghanistan with people of Pakistan will be fulfilled.
• Shortage of food products in Afghanistan will be decreased and it will increase the utilization of raw products of Afghanistan in the region.
• Due to linkage of central Asia via Afghanistan, will cause extraordinary development in the whole region.

From all above points it is clear that unification of Pakistan and Afghanistan will be fruitful for every one and for world at large by each and every angle.

Written By: M.AKRAM KHAN, Baldia Town,Karachi.Pakistan.
Email:moc.liamtohnull@izainmurka

By: mary

mary — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:11:00 +0000

Mr Tremblay’s article is spot on. Another Vietnam indeed everlasting, undeclared and I would say illegal.

This is a photo of one of the survivors of the NATO bombing of two fuel tankers yesterday. His pain and distress are evident. This slaughter of more than 90 people by incineration was referred to by the BBC this morning on Radio 4 Today as ‘some civilians were killed’. There has been absolutely no mention of the number and scale of injuries. This is another example of their usual airbrushing of the horror of war.

http://www.daylife.com/photo/001NcZ67ez1gH

By: Obstreperous

Obstreperous — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:58:50 +0000

I agree with the author that the formal justification and primary goal for the Afghan war was technically complete in 2001. Filling the void with some sort of stable government with the ability to protect its people and maintain order has been the problem. While I am not personally involved in it, my employer is a part of the effort to help build a health care infrastructure in the country. The stories from my colleagues and the issues that they are facing are incredible. How people there get on day to day is an amazement to me.
I think that the military mission has morphed into nuclear containment. In my opinion, they are trying to calculate the least costly approach for preventing Pakistani nukes from getting into Taliban hands and for containing Iran in a way that can prevent an outright conflict with them. I’m aware of no UN resolution dealing with this or justifying the actions. So are they wrong to pursue this? Simply put what are the consequences of immediate withdrawal? Global peace & happiness? Goodwill towards all men…no more torture, schrapnel, etc.? I think that it would lead to far greater misery for many more people. The hard part is how to proceed. Reality stinks.

By: Annie Ladysmith

Annie Ladysmith — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:31:42 +0000

How many freaking wars are we in?? i just can’t keep tract, and i know that Iran is just around the corner. This is just plain NUTS, insanity, ludicrous. And i guess it would be funny that the bad-ass US wants to kick-ass all over the world except ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE BEING BLOWN TO BITS, LITTLE GUYS ARE BEING CRUELLY TORTURED, AND LITTLE KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND WITH TUMORS AND SCRAPNEL SCARS. Even the army guys get sick when they return home. The whole rotten thing stinks. ENOUGH OF 9/11 already.
ENOUGH OF THIS STUPID WAR ON TERROR BULLSHIT. We get the joke already, we know it was all made up. Now, leave these defenseless people alone in their own sovereign countries and stop killing third world people who don’t even have a pot to piss in never mind a weapon of mass destruction.
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.

By: mary

mary — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:54:16 +0000

A new opinion poll has found that opposition to UK’s involvement in the Afghan war has increased as the British fatalities crossed the 200 mark.

A recent survey conducted by YouGov for the Sky News revealed on Monday, that public calls for an end to Britain’s Afghan mission has strengthened, with 57 percent of respondents saying Britain should not be fighting in the war-torn country. An earlier poll conducted by The Independent revealed that 52 per cent of British people believed that the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable and British troops should be pulled out immediately.

http://www.indymedia-letzebuerg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30060&Itemid=27

By: Michael Kenny

Michael Kenny — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:20:20 +0000

As ought to be obvious from the sheer absurdity of their content, the point about the British and German declarations about staying until Hell freezes over is not that they actually will stay. Public opinion in both countries would never tolerate that. The point is to show that the war is unwinnable. Do Canadians really have so much trouble understanding the European psyche?