Afghanistan: Ten Years of Tragedy and Misguided Policy (Ramzy Baroud)

[Tace]

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

Oct. 12, 2011 -- On July 1, 2002, U.S. planes bombed an Afghan wedding in the small village of Deh Rawud. Located to the north of Kandahar, the village seemed fortified by the region’s many mountains. For a few hours, its people thought they were safe from a war they had never invited. They celebrated, and as customs go, fired intermittently into the air.

The joyous occasion however, turned into an orgy of blood that will define the collective memory of Deh Rawud for generations.

It was reported that the U.S. air force used a B-52 bomber and an AC-130 helicopter gunship in a battle against imagined terrorists. According to Afghan authorities, 40 people were killed and 100 wounded (The Guardian, July 2, 2002). Expectedly, the U.S. military refused to apologize.

The bombing of Deh Rawud was a microcosm of the war -- and equally lethal occupation -- that followed. While al-Qaeda was not an imagined enemy, the invasion and destruction of Afghanistan was a morally repugnant -- and self-contradictory -- response to terrorism.

more

http://worldnewstrust.com/afghanistan-ten-years-of-tragedy-and-misguided-policy-ramzy-baroud.html

[msongs]

1. tell me again, why is the US hated so much in so many parts of the world? nt

[bvar22]

2. Because of our "freedoms".

:rofl:


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------