17.2.11

US arming Afghan Civilians: A very bad idea


One of the most underrated stories of last week (overshadowed by the roar of thousands of people from Tahrir Square) was a new “experiment” by US forces to bring peace in Afghanistan that can be succinctly summarized in six words - let’s give Afghan civilian some guns. Yes, because what Afghanistan needs is more guns. Aimed at achieving US Military’s greatest strategic objective – get the hell out of Afghanistan – this scheme promises to be part of that long list: schemes that are totally going to blow up in US Military's face.

20.1.11

Holy crap! They wiped out the entire village…literally

US Military-led unit wipes out an Afghan village off the map. Whatever happened to winning “hearts and minds” strategy




Imagine coming home from an out-of-town trip and find that not only your house but your entire village doesn’t exist anymore. That’s one of the side-effects if the American Army decides to drop 25 tons of explosives on your village.