I read it, and after a few sentences, I'm seeing an MSM cover story for lies.
"Afghan anticorruption plan unveiled; Aim is to appease West as Karzai begins a 2d term" by Laura King, Los Angeles Times | November 17, 2009
KABUL - Yesterday, insurgents fired two rockets into a crowded market northeast of Kabul, where the head of French forces in Afghanistan was holding a meeting with tribal elders. The attack killed 12 Afghan civilians and wounded at least 38 others, the French military said. No troops were hurt.
Already STINKING!!!!
"Now stop and think here for a moment. All revolutions depend on public support. Revolutionaries try to first win the people before they take on the government. So, no revolutionary goes out and murders civilians in cold blood. Did Washington and his men just mow down a marketplace of their fellow colonials for the heck of it? No, they did not. Washington and the Founding Fathers knew that their revolution to build a new country needed the support of those who would live in that country. This is true for every revolution in history. Therefore, these acts of terror being blamed on the insurgency must all be fakes, committed by intelligence agencies working for the governments to be blamed on the insurgents in order to destroy public support for the revolution." -- Wake the Flock Up
And to JUSTIFY STAYING THERE!!!
The attack occurred in the town of Tagab in Kapisa Province. The presumed target was a meeting at which Brigadier General Marcel Druart was discussing with tribal elders a major French offensive in the Tagab Valley the previous day. The purpose of the operation is to secure the area for a planned road that would bypass the capital, Kabul, while moving in supplies from Pakistan. The rockets struck about 90 minutes after the meeting convened in a building next to the main market of Tagab. They landed about 200 yards away, Druart said.
Ever notice the "terrorists" that are kicking our asses are the worst shots ever?
Related: The Gaza Rocket Squads
"Al-CIA-Duh" in Lebanon
Hmmmmmmmm!!!
French forces immediately retaliated with artillery, shelling the rockets’ launching site....
Yeah, AND?
What happened on the other end of the French shelling?
--more--"
Related: French Fighting to Secure Afghan Supply Lines
Update:
BERLIN - Afghanistan has slipped three places to become the world’s second most-corrupt country despite billions in aid meant to bolster the government against a rising insurgency, according to an annual survey of perceived levels of corruption.
Only lawless Somalia, whose weak UN-backed government controls just a few blocks of the capital, was perceived as more corrupt than Afghanistan in Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index. Iraq saw some improvement, rising to 176 of 180 countries, up two places up from last year. Singapore, Denmark, and New Zealand were seen as the least corrupt countries in the list based on surveys of businesses and analysts.
In Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai’s inability or unwillingness to tackle cronyism and bribery the past five years have resulted in an increase of support for Taliban insurgents. That has prompted calls by the Obama administration for Karzai to tackle the practice or risk forfeiting US aid.
Which is WHERE the CORRUPTION is:
The OverBearing Government of Afghanistan
Who is running that place?
Since 2001, the US Congress has appropriated more than $39 billion in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan, according to a report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. European nations send about $1.49 billion a year.
Good thing YOU DID NOT NEED THAT $$$, Americans, and QUITE an EXPENSIVE OUTLAY to BUILD UP WHAT WE DESTROYED over a LIE -- especially when NO REBUILDING has occurred!
International donors are increasingly questioning how much of the aid might have been misappropriated. The report said examples of Afghan corruption ranged from the sale of government positions to daily bribes for basic services.
Like AmeriKa has a LEG TO STAND ON in this regard!!
We are AWASH in PAY-TO-PLAY and all the other "POLITICAL BUYOUTS!"
My sickening state is a PRIME OFFENDER!
Related: All Afghans Are Corrupt
Whadda ya mean the TALIBAN may have been "extreme," etc, but they DID NOT TOLERATE CORRUPTION!
Karzai unveiled an anticorruption unit and major crime fighting force Monday after pressure from Washington. In reaction to the report, Ershad Ahmadi, the deputy director general of the High Office of Oversight and Anti-corruption in Afghanistan, said that “corruption is a phenomenon that will not go away overnight. It is a problem that will continue to be with Afghanistan for a long time.’’
Certainly as long as foreign occupiers remain.
Robin Hodess, Transparency’s director of policy and research, said yesterday that for a country to improve on the corruption perceptions index, it is imperative that “citizens believe that they have a government that works for them.’’
Then the U.S. must be COLLAPSING like a WTC TOWER on 9/11!!!!
There is NO ONE I KNOW -- left, right, or points beyond -- that thinks THIS GOVERNMENT is working for them. Sorry, 'bamer!
In Iraq, corruption has become widespread since the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 with scarcity of serious government measures against corrupt officials.
Yeah, I KEEP SAYING it was BETTER in the SADDAM TIMES -- and even some Iraqis agree!!!
A Bertelsmann Foundation report used in the index noted that in Iraq “non-security institutions remain weak and debilitated. The Iraqi leadership faces many structural constraints on governance.’’
The United States, which was in 19th place compared with 18th last year, remained stable despite Transparency’s concerns over a lack of government oversight of the financial sector.
We were not a squeaky-clean number one? And we are running around lecturing people all the time? I think they rated us to high; the survey smacks of racism.
Where does Israel rank?
That seems generous for the organized crime capital of the world.
And WHAT ABOUT the ACTUAL WAR, Globe?
