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So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
Global Village Space |
M. K. Bhadrakumar |
The decision by the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, to drop the ‘mother of all bombs’ on an alleged ISIS stronghold in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday was analogous to a dog marking territory. Urine marking is quite an effective way to claim territory without having to resort to dispute or confrontation. Dogs understand the meaning of urine marking and the consequences involved in trespassing specific marked areas.
It was a good try to let the Russians and the region know that the United States has no intention to wind up the war in Afghanistan and vacate its occupation of that country anytime soon.
To my mind, Nicholson’s primary purpose was to ensure that the wind would carry the stench of urine in the deep ravines in the tangled mountains of Nangarhar as far away as Moscow where an important regional conference on Afghanistan was due to take place on Friday, which the US is boycotting. Conceivably, it was a good try to let the Russians and the region know that the United States has neither any intention to wind up the war in Afghanistan and vacate its occupation of that country anytime soon nor is it going to concede its pre-eminence on the political and diplomatic chessboard to Russia and a bunch of regional states.
Read more: “Mother of all bombs” kills 36 ISIS fighters: Is there more to come?
However, Nicholson’s act also would have served another purpose. On Wednesday, on the eve of Nicholson’s mother-of-all-bombs act, President Donald Trump had disclosed in Washington that he was deputing National Security Advisor HR McMaster to Afghanistan to assess the situation for American troops on the ground in Afghanistan. The White House is obviously nearing the policy decision on whether to beef up the US military presence in Afghanistan.
The US military has a record of industrial scale slaughter during wars in foreign countries. But excessive use of power is bound to cause heavy civilian casualties and that will be counterproductive in the Afghan war.
Nicholson has been openly pressing for a “few thousand” more troops in order to make an attempt to break the stalemate in the war with the Taliban. Of course, he is only echoing the Pentagon’s thinking. Therefore, his timing to use the mother of all bombs would have something to do with making the point to the Washington establishment that the US also faces an ISIS threat in Afghanistan, warranting troop reinforcement.
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So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
Global Village Space |
M. K. Bhadrakumar |
The decision by the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, to drop the ‘mother of all bombs’ on an alleged ISIS stronghold in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday was analogous to a dog marking territory. Urine marking is quite an effective way to claim territory without having to resort to dispute or confrontation. Dogs understand the meaning of urine marking and the consequences involved in trespassing specific marked areas.
It was a good try to let the Russians and the region know that the United States has no intention to wind up the war in Afghanistan and vacate its occupation of that country anytime soon.
To my mind, Nicholson’s primary purpose was to ensure that the wind would carry the stench of urine in the deep ravines in the tangled mountains of Nangarhar as far away as Moscow where an important regional conference on Afghanistan was due to take place on Friday, which the US is boycotting. Conceivably, it was a good try to let the Russians and the region know that the United States has neither any intention to wind up the war in Afghanistan and vacate its occupation of that country anytime soon nor is it going to concede its pre-eminence on the political and diplomatic chessboard to Russia and a bunch of regional states.
Read more: “Mother of all bombs” kills 36 ISIS fighters: Is there more to come?
However, Nicholson’s act also would have served another purpose. On Wednesday, on the eve of Nicholson’s mother-of-all-bombs act, President Donald Trump had disclosed in Washington that he was deputing National Security Advisor HR McMaster to Afghanistan to assess the situation for American troops on the ground in Afghanistan. The White House is obviously nearing the policy decision on whether to beef up the US military presence in Afghanistan.
The US military has a record of industrial scale slaughter during wars in foreign countries. But excessive use of power is bound to cause heavy civilian casualties and that will be counterproductive in the Afghan war.
Nicholson has been openly pressing for a “few thousand” more troops in order to make an attempt to break the stalemate in the war with the Taliban. Of course, he is only echoing the Pentagon’s thinking. Therefore, his timing to use the mother of all bombs would have something to do with making the point to the Washington establishment that the US also faces an ISIS threat in Afghanistan, warranting troop reinforcement.
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So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
