❊يا ايها الذين امنواادلكم علىتجرة تنجيكم من عذاب اليم❊
o ye who believe... let me show you a bargain that will save you from a huge loss.
quran 61 (saff)10
Afghanistan.
one talking head says Afghanistan is vital to the national security of America the other says its irrelevant to u.s. security… so. the question is.. what should the u.s. do about Afghanistan?
the aim of the presence in Afghanistan is said to be to deny a safe haven to al-qaida or violent radical islam.
Andrew bacevich for example argues that America should be concerned with mexico not Afghanistan..which is basically irrelevant to the usa. .... that the dynamics of consumerism and individual selfishness will conquer Islamic radicalism just as it did Christianity.
he believes that the 9/11 attack was a failure of civil aviation authorities to act, not a result of terror organizations in Afghanistan whose country should be the subject of a multi billion dollar military action. ( he also criticised the iraq war as it had no w.m.d.s or links to al-qaida which he believes were the reasons for it.)
his criticism is that America claims a 'providential mission' and 'exceptionalism' which is good neither for the world nor America. that much I would tend to agree with. considering the congo for example, America’s beacon has been long decommissioned.
others of course say the u.s.a. is still just baying for blood after 9/11
to me the question is.. does osama and co. represent a threat to the usa? and if so what threat?.. and what should the usa do?
so..... what is al-qaidah?
the word means like base or bastion.. it was the name of the headquarters of the afghan resistance to the soviet occupation of their country in the 1980s. which, due to the courage of its people and some technological assistance from the usa (stingers) was a success (if that is the correct term).
what al-qaida wants exactly is not clear in detail. . there has been no discussion about its real objectives.. not a word that i have noticed... no debate. bin laden has simply been demonised like some villain from a cheap comic. why do the americans (and allies) so assiduously avoid a frank open debate taking bin laden seriously? with sane analysis of bin laden’s argument? one can but speculate.
without doubt, radical islam has grievances against the usa. the list is a bit long to go into here but the levant really stands out. places like Beirut and ghazza.
probably fair enough to say that the time for a peaceful solution has way passed.
so what should the usa do?
well, if anyone wants my advice, then I can be contacted during business hours. what i have to say is actually worth a great deal more than what I would charge. I certainly have no inclination to give it away.
osama and co. taught the ussr a needed lesson . perhaps the lesson for the usa will be over when the usa finally leaves Afghanistan (like Somalia and iraq) then again...perhaps not. either way, I doubt it will be long before they do.
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