9/10/2009

Stuck in Afghanistan

Whilst I never accepted that there was a valid case for the war in Iraq, I have always been firmly of the opinion that Afghanistan, under the Taliban, was a rogue state that promoted and exported terrorism and as a result, our military actions there were worthy of support. I was also deeply aware that many of those in the Taliban were not Afghans and they Taliban were themselves referred to as "Arabs" due to the number of them who were from other countries and enjoying something of a free ride running around with guns on Toyota Landcruisers oppressing local Afghans.

So given my support, it is sickening to think that so many of our troops seem to now have the tag of being out there to support a corrupt leader who fiddled his way through an election which was in many way no more legitimate that the recent Iranian election.

The problem now is that the election fiasco and Hamid Karzai's willingness to legitimise and almost encourage corruption in gives succour not only to those who support terrorists, but also to those too spineless in Europe and the UK to realise that confronting terrorism in Afghanistan keeps it off the streets of the UK.

The only winner of the election in Afghanistan is terrorism, and we appear to be stuck there.

2 comments:

Letters From A Tory said...

"Afghanistan, under the Taliban, was a rogue state that promoted and exported terrorism and as a result, our military actions there were worthy of support."

So you'd also be up for invading Pakistan tomorrow? If exporting terrorism was a problem then we'll have to invade Saudi Arabia as well.

Nich Starling said...

I don't think Pakistan actually state sponsor international terrorist camps. But I take your point and value your comment.

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