http://www.larrykane.com/2007/09/29/all-of-a-sudden-the-afghan-leader-wants-to-sell-out-appeasement-in-a-troubled-land/ LarryKane.com Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.larrykane.com/2007/09/29/all-of-a-sudden-the-afghan-leader-wants-to-sell-out-appeasement-in-a-troubled-land/comment-page-1/#comment-4041 Joe McDermott - Kirkuk, Iraq Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:10:30 +0000 http://www.larrykane.com/2007/09/29/all-of-a-sudden-the-afghan-leader-wants-to-sell-out-appeasement-in-a-troubled-land/#comment-4041 You are right on the money in your analysis, Larry. Karzai is a desperate man trying to please everybody. Thankfully, the Taliban has refused Karzai's 'Olive Branch'. The solutions to the problems that beset this part of the world are never going to be easy to figure out. There has always been conflict, and there always WILL BE conflict of one sort or another. The cultures of Southwest Asia and the Arab world are built on mistrust, and likely, Taliban leaders expect (and with good reason, I suspect) that Karzai is up to no good. The people living in this region lack a sense of direction and vision, and we should be very careful in trying to impose our ideals on them. I deal with detainees here in Iraq on a daily basis, and I have a good sense for what the 'common man' feels about what is happening to his country. I will tell you that the vasty majority of men whom we process through our facility are just 'regular guys' with no tie to, and generally no idea of what is going on throughout their own country with regards to insurgency or terrorism ((Hmmmm - sounds kinda like the good ol' USofA!)). Many of the people with whom I speak understand that we (coalition forces) are not about conquest, and htye have a clear understanding that, if that was what we were about, annihilation would have happened a long time ago. They seem to value our efforts at helping Iraq to become stable, but they grow weary of the time-consuming process. This process is lengthened and the problems exacerbated by the corruption we see throughout the Iraqai Police and Iraqi Security Forces. Tribal conflict and ethnic strife also play very large here, so we have a lot on our plate to deal with. I am honored to be able to share in this process in a small way, and to be able to talk with the 'normal' people who are the fabric and future of this country (Iraq). God Bless America, and America, Bless God! You are right on the money in your analysis, Larry. Karzai is a desperate man trying to please everybody. Thankfully, the Taliban has refused Karzai’s ‘Olive Branch’. The solutions to the problems that beset this part of the world are never going to be easy to figure out. There has always been conflict, and there always WILL BE conflict of one sort or another. The cultures of Southwest Asia and the Arab world are built on mistrust, and likely, Taliban leaders expect (and with good reason, I suspect) that Karzai is up to no good.
The people living in this region lack a sense of direction and vision, and we should be very careful in trying to impose our ideals on them.
I deal with detainees here in Iraq on a daily basis, and I have a good sense for what the ‘common man’ feels about what is happening to his country. I will tell you that the vasty majority of men whom we process through our facility are just ‘regular guys’ with no tie to, and generally no idea of what is going on throughout their own country with regards to insurgency or terrorism ((Hmmmm – sounds kinda like the good ol’ USofA!)).
Many of the people with whom I speak understand that we (coalition forces) are not about conquest, and htye have a clear understanding that, if that was what we were about, annihilation would have happened a long time ago. They seem to value our efforts at helping Iraq to become stable, but they grow weary of the time-consuming process. This process is lengthened and the problems exacerbated by the corruption we see throughout the Iraqai Police and Iraqi Security Forces. Tribal conflict and ethnic strife also play very large here, so we have a lot on our plate to deal with. I am honored to be able to share in this process in a small way, and to be able to talk with the ‘normal’ people who are the fabric and future of this country (Iraq).
God Bless America, and America, Bless God!

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