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.

War as a TOOL

See, the war machine besides protecting the real HOMELAND is meant to be used as some sort of "pain killer" so the civilian folks can get some time to deal with the disease. Unfortunately we have forgotten this fact and have been using WAR on terror or drugs as the only means to resolve conflict. This of course will never get us out of the woods and in fact if used unmitigated will continue the cycle of violence like child abuse.

This whole notion that we can somehow FIGHT and win Terror with guns and bombs is mad. The "Terror" people (or what Bush called them Evil Doers) love nothing but that type of response because that is the only thing they know and have experienced. They are addicted to violence because of their failed states.

Let me be clear the failed states are not only those few that our drunken mass media refers to, counties such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, UAE, Pakistan, Yemen, and bunch of African nations are front and center on that list.

US military commanders I am sure know that. The military brass flourishes when there is conflict and that is why the civilian government needs to be in the middle and temper that propensity to "Wana Kill" frame of mind.

Much like domestic or child abuse we need to break the cycle of violence. That means sit down with the enemy and change the circumstance.

Here is the recent story of terror, not that is much different than the same old stories of terror that have been told for so many generation. But since we have a very short term memory I list the recent wild west excursion in middle east:

FACTS
- 9/11 attack
- Invade and occupy Afghanistan
- Invade and occupy Iraq
- Surgical attacks on Pakistan (too big to Invade and Occupy, there is limit even for the superpower)
- Do some selective pruning in Somalia
- Get down and dirty in Sudan
- Clean up operation of various sots in north Africa
- Get busy in Yamen - expect first Us advisers on the ground followed by "Special Forces" then regular grunts

Predictions for this decade:

- Will need more engagement (nice Special Forces) in Bahrain
- Get some help for Qatar
- Jordan will need some attention
- These darn DRONES are cute and need to be used more
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This will go on for the foreseeable future, I have yet to even a mild attempt to deal with root causes ---- Corrupt and undemocratic but friendly REGIMES in the area and YES you wouldn't believe it by the big one "Unconscionable" occupation of Palestine.
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Public Funerals

One way to assess a society's stand on individual freedom and cultural disposition is to examine how they conduct their public funerals and mornings. Watching the pictures from Iran's dissident Ayatollah Montazari funeral in Qom makes me wonder how even the so called "green" party and reformers view individual freedom. The pushing and shoving to either view the dead body or get close to it is symbolic of rank and file not really experiencing or ready to fully engage the hard work of freedom and democracy. The purely emotional showing indicates to me the lack of understanding what it takes to become an Islamic civil society in Iran.

The free Muslim citizenry will morn loss of the religion or national hero with come and reflection as opposed to pushing others to get to the body. The free individual will not violate the person next to them to express their sorrow or feelings. They will care more for the person next to them than Ayatollah or president so and so. They will file gently and pay their respect with dignity that the dead citizen deserves.

I do however noticed signs of that sort of approach to public morning also which makes me more hopeful for blossoming of an organic and native democratic principles based on Islam and cultures in Iran.

Killings at Fort Hood

This sort of craziness is not good for rest of middle easterners in US. I expect if few more of these incidents occur we are up for some sort of general reaction (aka encampment) or mass exodus forced by the government on folks in lieu of indefinite imprisonment. Gitmo could be expanded to house more of the homegrown suspects or likely to act violently.

This guy being apparently second generation middle eastern makes this whole situation more complicated. The no fly list and watch list right now is mainly made up of green card and first generation immigrants. Now we can expect that the list will grow with US born suspects.

We the middle easterners may even find out how Japanese felt back in 40's. The problem is the more government stereotypes the lot the more these alienated bunch will act up their stupid and ill mined crazy actions. In another words the longer the no fly list and watch list gets the more shit will happen here.

Isn't that just dandi!!!

Oh dear Me -- Here is the head news, how stupid they must think the average American person is?

New York Times - Karzai's brother is on CIA payroll and suspected to be involved with the opium trade.

Its amazing that same ways of so called wining a war like the Vietnam era are being followed to the tee. Is this all the smart Pentagon and West Point guys can come up with. Saddam did that all the time and other desperate regimes are doing that every day. They kill the ones they are afraid of and are not willing to sell themselves! Do they really think if someone forsakes his native land and sells his services to a foreign agent can be trusted?

I wonder if CIA is still paying Hamid Karzai, the president?

With this approach we are doomed and will have to in a short time pluck the last American from the US embassy in Kabul, does that look familiar?

What a waste of life and limited resources we have in this planet. Isn't there a UN law against recklessness and disregard to human spirit because you have the largest Army and bank account in the world?

Afghan Election

This whole so called democracy in Afghanistan seems fishy to me. The vote count and recount seem to go on forever. In some ways its reminiscent of the Iran election except the Supreme Leader in Afghanistan is not one person but the US government. I think after the election US perhaps decided that Krazai needs to go and they need new faces for US consumption. After all they are free!! The Abdolah Abdolah is by the way from the same team that came ( I bet he was even in the same US C30 plane) from US after American soldiers cleared Bagram.

I find this whole Iraq and Afghanistan democracy thing repulsive and sad. They are not free and everyone knows it, because if they were you would not see Karzai, Abdolad, Maleki,.... gang calling themselves "the elected". They very much remind me of early days of Ghazafi.

Supreme Ayatollah USA will have to keep installing leaders to secure the regime. We need regime change by the people of the area and for the people of the area. Obama is and will play the game since the "world control" board game was handed to him.