death squads and warlord alliances

[Warren Stupidity]

To fight insurgents, US turns to targeted killings
Shift could force Taliban leaders to negotiate

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/08/01/to_fight_insurgents_us_turns_to_targeted_killings/

'targeted killings', what a fine term for the last desperate gambit against an insurgency: the death squad. This tried and true practice of state terror, practiced by regimes as disparate as Nazi Germany, the military dictatorship of El Salvador, our own Operation Phoenix in Vietnam, the Indian government in their suppression of Kashmir, the French against the Algerians, and then the Algerians against their own people, is the traditional remedy when the military option has failed.

Of course our media, which famously redefined torture to be any practice our government was not doing that caused physical or mental pain to prisoners, will also not call the glorious new phase of the Afghanistan war for what it is. These are targeted killings in which only "bad guys", as defined by our collection of unreliable informants with their own agendas, are summarily executed in non-combat situations. No mistakes will occur. We should not worry, and as the article points out, this will improve our negotiating position with the Taliban.

American forces enter uneasy alliances with tribal strongmen in Afghanistan
Practice raises questions among some US officials

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/08/01/american_forces_enter_uneasy_alliances_with_tribal_strongmen_in_afghanistan/

Another tiptoe around the obvious: the other half of our failed initiative in Afghanistan, the civilian half, was to build the central government into the legitimate government of more than Kabul. That half of the mission is beached on the reefs right next to the military mission. So while we are in negotiation by death squad with the Taliban, we are carving up pieces of Afghanistan and handing them over to the local warlords in exchange for safe passage, nominal peace, and an exit strategy.

Meanwhile over in Iraq we are preparing to declare a fictional end to our combat role, an end that includes a permanent garrison of 50,000 non-combatant soldiers, an undocumented number of heavily armed private contractor, and a government paralyzed by a political stalemate for eight months.

Missions accomplished.

Edit: typos.

[msongs]

1. american family values in action for all the world to see nt

[kenny blankenship]

2. 50,000 troops is the # Douglas McGregor and Rumsfeld wanted for the INVASION of Iraq

We permanently station 50,000 combat forces INSIDE Iraq and call that "leaving".

Empire of Lies.