This is the title of a piece in Patrick Buchanan's well written blog and it is written by Eric Margolis. I liked this piece because it is true that in war the first casualty is the truth. We saw this in Iraq when the Government of George W. Bush could not figure out why the heck we were there after his explanation concerning WMDs exploded around him. He started making things up like "Al Qaeda is there", "we are liberating the Iraqi people" and "they want us there". He also used the excuse, "If we do not fight them over there, we will fight them on Main Street U.S.A. " Clearly, this was just a scare tactic.
It appears the supporters of the Afghan war are trying to take a page right out of this playbook. They want us to believe if we are not fighting the Taliban, we will have to fight them over here. That is patently false. Words from the article:
"Many North Americans still buy this lie because they believe the 9/11 attacks came directly from the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida and Taliban movements.
Not true. The 9/11 attacks were planned in Germany and Spain, and conducted mainly by US-based Saudis to punish America for supporting Israel’s repression of the Palestinians.
Taliban, a militant religious, anti-Communist movement of Pashtun tribesmen, was totally surprised by 9/11. Osama bin Laden, on whom 9/11 is blamed, was in Afghanistan as a guest because he was a national hero for fighting the Soviets in the 1980’s and was aiding Taliban’s struggle against the Afghan Communist-dominated Northern Alliance afterwards."
The author makes a suggestion for President Obama:
"President Obama should admit Taliban is not and never was a threat to the west; that the wildly exaggerated al-Qaida has been mostly eradicated; and that the US-led war in Afghanistan is causing more damage to US interests in the Muslim world – now 25% of all humanity – than Bin Laden and his few ragtag allies. The bombing in Madrid and London, and conspiracy in Toronto, were all horribly wrongheaded protests by young Muslims against the Afghan War.
We are not going to change the way Afghans treat their women by waging war on them, or bring democracy through rigged elections. We are not going to win hearts and minds by imposing a Communist-dominated Kabul regime on pious Muslims, bombing their villages and sending Marines to kick down their doors and violate their homes."
President Obama: Do the right thing and ignore the nuts who want to sucker you into this quagmire and get us home. Our Country cannot afford this mess George W. Bush got us into and the reason to be there is not clear. There is none. Bring us home.
You Can Resist Even if You are In The Military!
