Posted by Wymark on 10/27/2009, 6:21 pm
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Matthew Hoh, the senior U.S. civilian representative in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, in his resignation letter:
'The Pashtun insurgency, which is composed of multiple, seemingly infinite, local groups, is fed by what is perceived by the Pashtun people as a continued and sustained assault, going back centuries, on Pashtun land, culture, traditions and religion by internal and extrenal armies. The U.S. and NATO presence and operations in Pashtun valleys and villages, as well as Afghan army and police units that are lead and composed of non-Pashtun soldiers, provide an occupation force against which the insurgency is justified. In both RC East and South, I have observed that the bulk of the insurgency fights not for the white banner of the Taliban, but rather against the presence of foreign soldiers and taxes imposed by an unrepresentative government in Kabul'.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/ssi/wpc/ResignationLetter.pdf?sid=ST2009102603447
So that's both U.S. Intelligence and a senior U.S. diplomat who've said that the insurgent groups in Afghanistan overwhelmingly aren't Talibs, and generally fight because of a simple aversion to the occupation, rather than for specifically religious reasons.
We're supposed to believe that this is a war against 'Islamofascists' bent on 'destroying our way of life', but that's clearly cobblers. All these people want is for U.S./NATO troops to get out of their country and leave them the f*ck alone.
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