I am very concerned about what happened over the weekend in Afghanistan. I am just as concerned by the reactions and poor analysis in most of the media. I am also not convinced the military/diplomatic/political crowd is seeing this clearly, and will be watching very closely what is said and whether they align with what we know.
This post at UNDispatch is very troubling.
This article at the Wall Street Journal supports that account.
This article at Foreign Policy is the best I've read yet.
If our military strategy in Afghanistan is too weak to overcome the activities of a fringe religious figure in Florida, the problem is a lot more serious than a few dead UN folks.
Here is my concern. If our relationship with the Afghanistan population is so fragile that they are always in a state where any offense against Islam can lead to riots and murder, then the population we are fighting to protect in Afghanistan is no different than the same as the people we are fighting against.
I am not sure yet that is true, but if it is we only distinguish a distinction between the culture of the Afghanistan people and the Taliban in order to justify the war.
If you don't read the links, don't comment in this thread.
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