Germans may restrict airborne data sharing in Afghanistan

Michael ReineltJan 29th, 2007 - 15:41:09

This whole business is loonie. NATO's (ISAF) has a reconstruction role, after the U.S. ruined this country. This role was in jeopardy from day ONE on, except in the north, where the French, Italians and Germans took over responsibilties.

The U.S., meanwhile, has pissed off the Afghan civilians in the south due to the indiscriminate bombing and now the NATO role is in question, because reconstruction is virtually impossible -- Afghans in the south no longer differentiate between U.S. thugs and NATO-troops, because ISAF has also a sizable contingent of uniformed U.S. war-criminals in its ranks.

For the U.S., this is a savvy way of getting NATO to fight the Taleban ... but it is obviously not working with the Germans.

The West should get out of the entire region and let the people there find their own way (and pace) into modernity ... we can assist, we can trade, we can contain abberations. We'll never control their hearts and minds -- they don't watch U.S. television programs!

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GeorgeJan 29th, 2007 - 17:51:50

For the germans to gather intelligence, only to keep it to themselves while they sit in their relatively quiet enclave to the north makes me ask the question: Why are they there and what do they expect to accomplish?

If they are NATO allies, then that suggests they share their resources AND information.

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Michael ReineltJan 29th, 2007 - 18:36:12

George, if you read the article again, you'll know.

Essentially, the U.S. is there to hunt 'terrists' in the south and east, but they are also part of NATO's ISAF (Internat'l Security Assistance Force). The first 'Freedom ... something' operation is bombing the crap out of the civilians while pretending that they hunt 'terrists', ISAF is trying to stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan together with the Afghan civilians.

Afghans in the south can no longer distinguish between the goons that bomb them and the goons that say they wish to help them, they are pissed off at all Westerners (I can't blame them -- it's the frigging, stupid Americans, trying to win 'hearts and minds' by killing the people for five years now).

Germany, France and Italy are doing a precarious job in the North, still working on the trust of the people, to be able to help them. If Germany now becomes part of the bombing mission in the south, providing very short term intel that was gathered for NATO's ISAF (that now is forced to defend itself because of the stupid U.S.), but this intel is cross-pollinating the U.S. 'terrist' hunters, the Germans might as well pack up in the North ... something that would please Cheney, Bush, Rice, Gates and ... yes ... Rumsfeld (who hasn't gone home, yet).

Essentially what is said in a very nice way is this: this GW Bush U.S. administration (and by extension the Pentagon) has shown to have no honor, it doesn't uphold treaties, it can't be trusted, its word is worth shit.

Got it?

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PussiesJan 30th, 2007 - 06:41:39

'Germany, France and Italy are doing a precarious job in the North, still working on the trust of the people, to be able to help them.'


HA HA HA HA!

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