By Eric Margolis -- Toronto Sun
Sept. 17, 2006 -- As Canadian, American and British soldiers continue to die in Afghanistan, it is time the truth be told about this ugly little war.
Much of what we’ve so far been told by our governments and media has been untrue, wishful thinking, or crass jingoism.
The respected European think tank, Senlis Council, which focuses on Afghanistan, just reported the Taliban is “taking back Afghanistan” and now controls that nation’s southern half. According to Senlis, southern Afghanistan is suffering “a humanitarian crisis of starvation and poverty.
“U.S. policies in Afghanistan have re-created the safe haven for terrorism that the 2001 invasion aimed to destroy,” Senlis found.
Claims that withdrawing Western garrisons from Afghanistan or Iraq will leave a void certain to be filled by extremists are nonsense. Half of Afghanistan and a third of Iraq are already largely controlled by anti-Western resistance forces.
Were it not for omnipotent U.S. airpower, American and NATO forces would be quickly driven from the area.
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