60 minutes of HELL
Just wached the old Americam icon of the news(show) 60 minutes last Sunday. The Afghanestan story made me sad and more upset with Bush, neocons, and thoes people that yet again created this air of organized violnace against a people that have no choice but to defend themselves. The shooting and killing of both "bad guys" and what the poor sorry looking soldires called inocent people again confirms that we are there because our leaders lack Leadership qualities.
Being a reactively open society at the forefront of people power means we select our leaders ( from increasingly small pool of candidates) that do not lead this nation but continue with business as usual. They lack vision and higher goals so they push the pre 21st century militaristic approach to problem solving. We all know it too well this approach will elicit nothing but violent reaction. For every soldier we have in Afghanistan there are many Afghans that will react with hate and war mongering resolution while their children will carry that hatred towards American (yes all of us since we elect our leaders) for many years to come.
The way these poor Green Berate or regular soldiers were treating Afghan recruits was appalling to the middle east culture. It may be ok to treat a red neck from Oklahoma at the boot camp in some brain washing fort in the heartland but not in middle east. Who the hell all these expert advisers that think this will work and Afghan soldiers will take over in a year or two!
In the report all you had to do watch the Afghans faces and not listen to crap soldiers or interviewer was saying.
Just imagine if 300,000 Chinese occupy California and train Mexicans and African Americans to fight the freedom fighters that want to kick the Chinese ass, how would that fly?
I suggest watching the 60 minutes report with muted volume and just watch the Afghans. You will see why they will retaliate if not this year then next.
I thought perhaps there was a off chance that Obama would be different but no, he is only different in how the projection of power is marketed not its content.
