FORGOTTEN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN WE ARE RAPIDLY LOSING
The forgotten war in Afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly whereas American and allied monthly deaths have passed the monthly toll in Iraq for the first time ~ and the Taliban has taken back control of vast rural areas and now has a foothold just outside Kabul: Allen L Roland
As if the the Cheney/Bush administration didn't have enough failure on their hands with a crumbling economy, bear market and failed war and occupation of Iraq ~ the largely forgotten war in Afghanistan is also rapidly heading toward a disaster.
Mosaic's highly credible Link TV Middle East Intelligence reports in a five minute video The Year of the Taliban that the recent brazen attacks of the Taliban have raised questions about the effectiveness of the War on Terror in Afghanistan and whether any place in the country is safe from the Islamist movement that the war was originally intended to eradicate. http://www.linktv.org/video/2694
Then the Center For American Progress reports yesterday that Afghanistan is in danger of becoming a failed state ~ "military officials and foreign policy analysts have been sounding alarm bells over the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan for some time now. At the beginning of 2008, two reports were released by prestigious committees that declared that Afghanistan is "at great risk of becoming 'the forgotten war'" and "could become a failed state." "Make no mistake, NATO is not winning in Afghanistan," said the report by the Atlantic Council, which was chaired by retired Gen. Jim Jones. In January 2008, then-CentCom Commander Adm. William Fallon explained the increased tempo of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan by saying "we moved focus to Iraq," and "there was a resurgence of the Taliban." In April, Mullen told the Senate Armed Forces Committee that "with the bulk of our ground forces deployed to Iraq...we cannot now meet extra force requirements in places like Afghanistan." http://www.americanprogressaction.org/progressreport/2008/06/pr20080627
Why isn't the mainstream media reporting this rapidly deterioating situation in Afghanistan? Because it's an election year and the White House controlled press is still vainly trying to hide the obvious failures of the Cheney/Bush administration ~ which John McCain has hitched his political wagon to.
Allen L Roland
Freelance Alternative Press Online columnist and psychotherapist Allen L Roland is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements and private consultations ( allen@allenroland.com )
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
