It is apposite to study the english perfidy over ‘withdrawal’, because the team around soon to be prez Obama will be sifting through the arguments, stalling tactics, and the public reaction trying to get a sense of what works and what doesn’t. All necessary tactics for 09 and on will be examined.
A compliant media is essential for this type of carry on and what could be more lick spittle in times of conflict than the english media, who appear to have never recovered from pushing out propaganda 1939-45. Only amerika’s criging uriah heap journos come close, although I wonder if even they would hush up the kidnapping of five nationals in quite the same way as the british media has. Mmmmmn – Probably.
This here story sort of concedes that one of the five brit citizens taken hostage in Iraq back in May 07 has topped himself. Suicided after realising that no one wanted to know. Of course in doing so he has played right into the slug english government’s hands. There is nothing they want more than to make these hostages go away. Preferably death by evil muslim henchmen, but suicide will do in a pinch.
The five don’t appear to have any family or at least not any who care. Everyone has agreed to let the identities of the hostages remain secret and the normally pro-active english gutter press has made no attempt to uncover their identity despite having photos of them all. The five blokes made a few videos with their captors which haven’t been broadcast in the west.
I guess that it is either a prerequisite of ‘contract’ employment in Iraq that you be a semi-sociopath with no caring friends or relatives or that is the sort of person who applies for the work.
That may be too harsh, friends and relatives are likely to have been pressured into submission. Time will tell if anyone does care for any of these blokes. Surely this latest event will cause any loved one/s to stop listening to their ‘handlers’ and start acting in their family’s best interest. If they don’t it would be fair to wonder just how ‘seperated’ from english military employment these five (well maybe just the four bodyguards) are. If pensions and housing are on the line one can understand (just) how a partner or significant other may be deceived into thinking that the government knows best.
That is a side issue, however. I doubt anyone who hasn’t lived in england can fully comprehend how deliberately cold blooded the english ruling elite is so unashamedly proud to be. That is, that oft times they don’t even have a need to conceal their callous lack of regard for humanity from those around them or even themselves. The only time a successful english pol sheds crocodile tears is when the media decides that they can sell a few more fishwraps by outing them. Although in the case of the leaders that is usually more of a brief glimpse of the cold heart ticking along, than a complete, guaranteed to career implode, expose.
Whats the betting Obama and co will be entranced by the possibility of real ‘true life’ lessons in being even more cold blooded and getting away with it? After all Obama has managed to segue thru Afghanistan without even acknowledging that amerikan troops “. . .killed at least four civilians, and possibly three others, in eastern Afghanistan. The deaths, in Paktika province, occurred when Western troops fired mortar rounds Saturday night that missed their target by about half a mile. Most of the Western troops in that region are Americans.
Or that the airforce he wants to utilise across the border in Pakistan even more than it already is, has been murdering freshly trained Afghani policemen
Clashes broke out between Afghan police and international troops in the Anar Dara district of Farah province, with both sides thinking the other were Taliban militants, the deputy provincial governor Mohammad Younus Rasuli said.
The foreign troops called in airstrikes on the police post that killed nine policemen and wounded four others, including the district police chief, he said.
Both NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the separate U.S.-led coalition force in Afghanistan said they were aware of an incident in Farah, but could not confirm any details of what had happened.
I mean fair enough, whitey saw curry munching islamo-fascists with guns so what were they meant to do? Kill them and since they appeared too competent to beat up, rape and slaughter in the usual fashion employed on women and children, whitey had no choice but to call in an airstrike on their asses. What’s all the fuss about?
Sorry I exaggerate as always. There was no real fuss, this was just another day in the empire. Can’t make an omlette without breaking a few eggs now can we?
I’m sure the families of the afghani coppers can be made to understand one way or another, money or wired. What difference does a few more or less afghanis make anyhoo?
A bit of a problem since Afghanistan doesn’t have CCTV hanging off every goat track intersection, – yet.
So Afghani police have to mingle in the community, which in turn, means the sociopaths currently favoured by western law enforcement aren’t a starter there, – yet.
All of which means that there may be repercussions from the wanton slaughter of nine proteges of the ‘New Afghanistan’.
Nothing gleeful there though. If there is one mob of ME people who have had a worse deal in the last 50 years than Iraqis, they would hafta be Afghanis. Stoic could be a word invented to describe Afghanis I reckon.
Aaaargh!

Posted by: Debs is dead | Jul 20 2008 22:03 utc | 3