Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Revelation of the War


 

After the publishing of more than 90,000 obviously compromising documents on the wikileak one would wonder what else can be done in Afghanistan. No matter what strategies the US, Brussels and Kabul come up with their credibility has been severely damaged. There was already much distrist between the three parties especially between Kabul and Brussel and Washington; this takes it to a new level. It will help undermine the trust between the coalition partners fighting in Afghanistan - as well as increasing public anxiety.

I have been monitoring some media today to see the response and I think they got it wrong again. Instead of dealing with what has been leaked they are only blaming the whistleblowers. Children or Generals? Here are my questions: How are they supposed to explain that a special task force has been hunting down the Taliban for years now without success? How can they justify publicly praising cooperation with the Pakistani authorities when it turns out that the Pakistani secret service is 'probably the Taliban's most important non-Afghan helper'? … Governments should start reading them. This also shows how risky this operation is no matter what NATO is trying to do about it. For Nato, which since the end of the Cold War has seen it's role as that of the global policeman, this raises the question of its legitimacy.

The parallels with Vietnam are becoming obvious: In 1971 a US court forced the publishing of secret documents on the situation in Vietnam, nowadays the Internet ensures transparency. Is the same fate waiting for the US? many has argued 'Yes' but I disagree. The war in Afghanistan is winnable; only if Washington, Brussels and Kabul stop making mistakes; only if Washington and Brussels could stifle corruption in Kabul administration. These documents show how widespread corruption in Afghanistan is and how far it goes behind the crippled Kabul administration.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You cannot want freedom for a country more than the country wants for itself. As long as you look at outside forces for blame and responsibility, Afghanistan will never be anything other than a bunch of tribes fighting each other.

They had a choice and a chance at the brass ring of freedom and democracy, and they've completely blown it. As far as I'm concerned, the US should withdraw and let them squabble amongst themselves.

The bottomline lesson in Afghanistan is that the people have to want freedom and fight for it. It's not up to one man to instituted morality upon another. If you have no internal morality, you cannot be swayed to be good. You can only be contained.

Afghanistan and Karzai, et al, need to look to themselves for their failure.

As to the whistleblowers as you refer to them, they're attention hound losers. They care not for a positive outcome of this situation, they're only looking for narcissistic fame. People like that are a dime a dozen and basically worthless. This wasn't a higher calling revelation. When you reveal the names of people working to make the place better, you put their lives at risk. Ultimately they will have blood on their hands. This isn't a repeat of the Pentagon Papers, just some internet yahoos looking for their 15 minutes any way that they can get it.

I find it all repellant and depressing.

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