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The Coup Announcement In Afghanistan
This in the New York Times reads like an early announcement of a democratic pro-U.S. coup in Afghanistan:
A coterie of powerful Afghan government ministers and officials with strong ties to the security forces are threatening to seize power if an election impasse that has paralyzed the country is not resolved soon.
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After weeks of quietly discussing the prospect of imposing a temporary government, officials within the Karzai government said the best way out of a crisis that had emboldened the Taliban, weakened an already struggling economy and left many here deeply pessimistic about the country’s democratic future, might well be some form of interim government, most likely run by a committee.
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It often happens that when power is seized during a political crisis, as in Thailand or Egypt, those taking charge argue that the step is essential to restore order and protect democracy in the long run. That is also the case here, where such a move is being advertised as a last resort to save democracy. It could also effectively discard the results of a presidential runoff election that, until it was derailed by allegations of fraud, had been promoted as a historic event in a country that never had a democratic transfer of power.
Both presidential candidates in Afghanistan, the northern alliance affiliated Abdullah Abdullah and the Pashtu candidate Ashraf Ghani had bribed whoever they could to win the election. But in the end they can not decided who had bribed more and thereby won. The length of the impasse does not matter as long as the country’s bureaucracy keeps functioning, but there is one deadline that is threatened by it. This deadline may very well be the reason why this coup is intended. The question is again cui bono?
The officials said they believed they would have the backing of Afghanistan’s army, police and intelligence corps.
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A new government is needed soon if there is to be any chance of securing deals to keep American and European troops here after the end of the year, some Afghan officials said.
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Three senior Afghan officials said they needed a government in place by mid-September to ensure security agreements needed to keep some United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan beyond the end of the year.
Secretary of State Kerry tried twice to arrange for some badly defined national unity government in Kabul. Such a government is the cure-all solution introduced wherever the U.S. wants to stay in control. But the two candidates and the interests they represent can not agree on the terms. The security forces, depending on U.S. largess, will try their best to secure their future pay by getting the Status of Force Agreement with the U.S. signed.
As President Karzai does not want such an agreement and no new government is in sight the security forces are tempted to install their own new government. As such is the only possibility for the U.S. to keep its foothold in Afghanistan we will likely see any coup and the resulting government, like in Egypt, be recognized as “restoring democracy”.
But such an arrangement will only encourage more resistance from the Taliban and other anti-government forces. The new “take no prisoners” policy of the corrupt government security forces will also increase the Taliban’s support. As long as the interests of the people represented by the Taliban – and their demand for all foreign forces to leave – are not met, there will be no peace for the country.
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I used to read Marc Herold’s ‘Afghanistan as a (Empty) Resource Space’, and Peter Torbay’s ‘Diminiution and Development’ cover to cover, hoping to get some business in Afghanistan, then was lucky enough to meet important Afghan businessmen, even the Karzai brothers, and get some insight into Hamid as first a Royalist, a Northern Alliance CIA conduit, then a Taliban hanger on, an Enron consultant and finally Mr. Roses and Chocolates of OEF-A.
Just stop for a second and imagine that thrill for Hamid, surviving 30 years of industrial meat-grinder war and four government overlords to become Chief Executive of the nation.
Wow. Imagine standing in front of your people with a brand new Afghan flag, a brand new Afghan national anthem, a brand new Afghan currency, all created by Madison Avenue and CIA/Mossad, together with the Afghan Minerals and Hydrocarbon Laws, which Cheney’s Energy Policy Committee folks wrote in November, 2001, IN ENGLISH, then made into Afghan ‘law’.
I came to understand that Afghanistan is no more corrupted than any US state enterprise, certainly can’t hold a candle to the massive looting and fraud in US government. They’re just doing business the Old Country way, like my father and especially grandfather used to do business, you buy a guy a nice watch or a bottle of hootch and he gives you a contract. Or you get his kid into your alma mater, and he gives you a contract and a kickback. My dad gave the local alderman $1000, and he got me a city job when I graduated from college. It’s a very simple straight-forward give and take, not at all like the buggerers of WADC-NOVA.
And with that, I came to admire Hamid, exiled to India as a student, approaching every new junta in its turn, losing his father, suddenly vaulting into the Executive, and even though he took the bribes that Hillary threw at him, $Bs and $Bs of diverted US humanitarian aid funds, he still never went along with their program, and granted the fabulous Aynak copper reserves to China and the Hajigak iron and coking coal reserves to India. Very shrewd loyal Afghan servant, and he had the balls to tell Kerry and Obama to get out of the country.
For Kerry and Obama’s part, we’re in Afghanistan from Cheney, Bush, Enron and Pipelinestan. The ‘Surge’ was Cheney’s last hurrah, (that Obama only pushed the ‘Go’ button on after many months of troop and equipment supply positioning.) It went downhill pretty much after that, a series of US quasi politician-generals, some more grift tours by Clinton and McCain to get their 1% cut of the action, and then the SOFA demand, and the troop pullout deadline.
The SOFA demand, by the way, if you’ve read it, is just horrific. It basically says the US MERC MAFIOSA can come or leave the country without inspection or tariffs, with kilos of heroin, pallets of shrinkwrapped $100s, or heads in a bag, no matter. They are above the law, can kill anyone they want, kidnap and rendition anyone they want, and still have full diplomatic immunity to come and go, like The Chosen. Literally it’s a SOFA of the Vampire.
The real reason why America will always be in Afghanistan is not ‘the Taliban’, it’s not to ‘support nascent democracy’ or ‘secure strategic natural resources’. It’s SOFA, because, of all the wars of occupation, Afghanistan stands out from them all by the EGREGIOUS looting and fraud, unlike no other theatre of combat on earth. For several years I tried to wiggle my way in as a 3rd-tier contractor, and even got a few nice ‘tastes’, of the just MASSIVE HUGE GULPING looting and fraud by defense contractors and NGOs, that has to be pouring into Mil.Gov’s coffers in WADC-NOVA, and from there into private offshore tax havens. $100Bs!
Look around the world today, now where can an elite SOFA gain access to $100Bs without any oversight, no taxes, no regulations, SOFA is a FREE FOR ALL LOOT-FEST OF AMERICA’S TAXES!
It would be like turning off 1,000 Las Vegas’ lights and going home with your diamond dice.
Fahged abahd et. Ain’t gonna happen. You watch. This is just intermission on the Third Act.
Someone in Ukraine said it best. You could SMELL the pungency of Vampire, like the scent of fresh blood. It’s all around the world now, Great Shaytan, searching for it’s next Feast.
Posted by: ChipNikh | Aug 20 2014 10:28 utc | 26
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