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NATO, fools rush in!
by peptide Wednesday, Nov 21 2007, 10:08am
international / imperialism / commentary

A reference was made in an earlier article to the real masters of war – Afghans, Serbs and Vietnamese. Today the reality of that FACT is highlighted by a recent report on developments in Afghanistan. Afghan forces – comprising only of common Afghanis – are teaching modern western soldiers that wars are won by people not propaganda, bribery, UAVs, indiscriminate artillery or missile attacks. This is warfare at grass roots level -- warfare NATO’s modern armies are not ‘equipped’ to fight!

NATO troops -- lost in Afghanistan

Alexander the great, possibly the world’s most successful conqueror, learnt a bitter lesson in Afghanistan. Consider the fact that Alexander’s military strategists, advisers and intelligence apparatus was second to none then compare to Bush led America and bumbling lackey NATO ‘forces’ and KNOW the sovereignty of both Serbia and Afghanistan is secure!

American/NATO morons are about to instigate yet another war in the Balkans by supporting the unilateral declaration of independence by Muslim terrorist secessionist rebels, the KLA! The Law clearly supports the sovereign nation of Yugoslavia and no amount of criminality from NATO or terrorist crime syndicates (KLA) will alter that FACT!

We hope that European nations soon realise that thoroughly incompetent America is racing to its ruin faster than anyone anticipated – America is without peer as the most incompetent dissociated nation in the world today. Joining a nation in rapid decline would not seem to be the most prudent action in the circumstances!

We hope the following report has a sobering effect on some European nations. Engaging the Serbs in a fight for their nation (survival) is both foolish and reckless to the extreme. Applying further pressure on an already abused Yugoslav nation would be the height of strategic idiocy and political stupidity. Any attempt to compromise Yugoslav sovereignty would precipitate a vigorous and sustained retaliatory response, notwithstanding the total illegality of secessionist activity!

The following report should signal a clear warning to NATO regarding opening another front in Europe:

Resurgent Taliban closing in on Kabul: report

By Luke Baker

LONDON (Reuters) - The conflict in Afghanistan has reached "crisis proportions," with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul, a report said on Wednesday.

If NATO, the lead force operating in Afghanistan, is to have any impact against the insurgency, troop numbers will have to be doubled to at least 80,000, the report said.

"The Taliban has shown itself to be a truly resurgent force," the Senlis Council, an independent think-tank with a permanent presence in Afghanistan, wrote in a study entitled "Stumbling into Chaos: Afghanistan on the brink."

"Its ability to establish a presence throughout the country is now proven beyond doubt," it said. "The insurgency now controls vast swaths of unchallenged territory including rural areas, some district centers, and important road arteries."

Senlis said its research had established that the Taliban, driven out of Afghanistan by the U.S. invasion in late 2001, had rebuilt a permanent presence in 54 percent of the country and was finding it easy to recruit new followers.

It was also increasingly using Iraq-style tactics, such as roadside and suicide bombs, to powerful effect, and had built a stable network of financial support, funding its operations with the proceeds from Afghanistan's booming opium trade.

"It is a sad indictment of the current state of Afghanistan that the question now appears to be not if the Taliban will return to Kabul, but when," the report said.

"Their oft-stated aim of reaching the city in 2008 appears more viable than ever."

TROOP BOOST

NATO has a little over 40,000 troops operating in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force. The United States and Britain are the largest contributors, with 15,000 and 7,700 soldiers, respectively.

Those numbers pale in comparison to Iraq where at the peak of operations there were nearly 200,000 troops on the ground and where around 160,000 remain.

While Iraq is showing the first signs of an improvement in security, Afghanistan's situation is becoming more precarious, Senlis argued, underlining the need for a rapid increase in troop numbers in a country that is larger than Iraq.

"In order to prevent NATO's defeat at the hands of the Taliban, a rejuvenated 'coalition of the willing' is needed," the report said, calling the proposal 'NATO Plus'.

"Every NATO state is mandated to contribute to this new force, with a firm level of commitment that will provide a total force size of 80,000."

Bolstering NATO's presence in Afghanistan, and getting member countries to contribute more, is expected to be a major issue on the agenda at a NATO summit in Romania in April.

Before then, Britain, which is responsible for security in the restive south of Afghanistan, where violence has been greatest, is expected to unveil new security strategies, including a possible increase in troops and proposals to deter Afghan poppy farmers from selling their crop to the Taliban.

Senlis said that without the troop "surge," and renewed efforts to win over the Afghan population and make reconstruction take hold, the country was in danger of falling back into the hands of the Taliban.

(Editing by Kate Kelland and Michael Winfrey)

http://ca.today.reuters.com/