Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, 2024 parliamentary candidate for North Durham, 2028 candidate for Mayor of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", banned from Twitter so officially more dangerous than the Taliban, eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Friday 26 November 2010
Impostors All Round
Fake Taliban leader meets fake election-winners and the fake liberators behind them.
This is a big embarrassment for the Afghan government and NATO. No wonder the U.S. military will soon be deploying tanks in Afghanistan. The surge strategy is not working, so it looks like NATO might try to blast the Taliban to the negotiating table.
But the problem with this strategy is that the Soviets probably used even more firepower in Afghanistan, and it still seemed to do nothing other than anger Afghans even more. I am not sure there is any way to “win” this war now.
This is a big embarrassment for the Afghan government and NATO. No wonder the U.S. military will soon be deploying tanks in Afghanistan. The surge strategy is not working, so it looks like NATO might try to blast the Taliban to the negotiating table.
ReplyDeleteBut the problem with this strategy is that the Soviets probably used even more firepower in Afghanistan, and it still seemed to do nothing other than anger Afghans even more. I am not sure there is any way to “win” this war now.