History’s Greatest Event:

[Asian.Century]

Yes, the world perception is that if the pesky Americans would just stay home, all of the world would be a joyful place of kittens and cotton candy for all.

After all, everything wrong is because of the Americans... we all know that peace prevailed before their arrival.

Afghanistan after the U.S. withdraws:

If Afghans donot want to live your way, its not their fault or your fault. Let them live in peace and freedom, else you should know by now, how Afghans get there rightful freedom. I feel, painful for US population in a way, that what they really gained out if after spending trillion dollars, blood, and time.

And yet after all that done, America and Nato are defeated in Afghansitan, you cannot still control whole Afghanistan yet and announced a withdrawal date.

 

[Chogy]

If Afghans donot want to live your way, its not their fault or your fault. Let them live in peace and freedom, else you should know by now, how Afghans get there rightful freedom. I feel, painful for US population in a way, that what they really gained out if after spending trillion dollars, blood, and time.

And yet after all that done, America and Nato are defeated in Afghansitan, you cannot still control whole Afghanistan yet and announced a withdrawal date.

Do you REALLY think the goal is to "make the Afghans live our way?"

"Peace and Freedom." Hmm. Yes indeed, Afghanistan was a place of peace and freedom in the year 2000.

The GOAL was to kill those responsible for 9/11, and those sheltering and supporting them.

 

[Asian.Century]

^^ Choggy, I feel for this...

The cost of warfare

30 June 2011 Washington is finally counting lives and dollars lost in wars. It’s amazing to learn that the world superpower with at least a trillion dollar annual budget deficit additionally carries a war tag of around $3.5 trillion.
That count by any means is not an end in itself. The final bill for the misadventures from Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan, during the last decade since 9/11 attacks, is supposed to cross over $4.7 trillion, and stares in the face a moral responsibility in the form of nursing the wounded and compensating for the dead. The report released by the Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies is a telling tale of maverick-ism and deception, all undertaken merely to appease the arrogant few warmongers in the Pentagon, White House and Capitol Hill, respectively.

Now as the Obama administration sits back to rewrite a new policy after formally announcing to thin its presence from Afghanistan — from 100,000 to 70,000 by the year 2012, it will inadvertently find itself in the woods. The war on terrorism is far from over, and leaving behind an imploding Afghanistan and a boiling Pakistan in its neighbourhood won’t be an easy task. Though President Obama has categorically said that his administration would not care for leaving behind a perfect society in the war-weary country, it will not absolve him of the undercurrents that are not only serious in nature but also toiling at the same time. For long it will be bogged down in the intricate affair of convincing the Taleban to get political in substance and relinquish the terror apparatus. Last but not the least, though policy-makers in Washington are free from concerns on the count of the dreaded terrorist, Osama bin Laden, his legacy is very much around to haunt in the form of Al Qaeda rubbing shoulders with like-minded terror outfits in the region, operating with new vision and nomenclatures.

It goes without saying that though Washington can count for the pennies statistically, it could hardly account for more than 250,000 casualties in any political connotation. This is why a perpetual decision is in need of being made to end this state business of making wars, and make peace with itself. One right decision can make the difference for all times to come.

The cost of warfare

 

[Asian.Century]

Khandhar Mayor down, Wali Karzai down, one by one all are going down.....

 

[Asian.Century]

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have claimed they have targeted two US military bases in the southeastern province of Khost, causing a large number of casualties.

The militant group announced they attacked the bases with rockets on Tuesday.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said eight rockets hit the American military bases.According to Afghan local officials, the attacks took place in Sabari district of Khost but there are "no" reports of casualties.Earlier this month, the largest US airbase in Afghanistan, Bagram Airbase, was hit by rocket attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.The Taliban have recently intensified attacks against US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan despite Washington's efforts to begin negotiations with the group.