{"id":21744,"date":"2011-01-07T08:40:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T12:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21744"},"modified":"2011-01-07T08:40:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T12:40:16","slug":"votevets-and-taliban-agree-on-afghanistan-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21744","title":{"rendered":"VoteVets and Taliban agree on Afghanistan bases"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day, I quoted from VoteVets VetVoice diarist, Richard Allen “dicksmith” Smith<\/a> on Lindsay Graham’s proposal that we have permanent bases in Afghanistan after combat forces leave;<\/p>\n

My question to Lindsay Graham is “how do permanent bases in Afghanistan make us safer”? I’m not even certain that our temporary presence there is making us any safer at this point, much less an unending commitment. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, according to the Associated Press<\/a>, the Taliban feel the same way;<\/p>\n

In an online message released Tuesday, the Afghan Taliban said Sen. Lindsey Graham’s comments proved that the U.S. is intent on occupying Afghanistan and depriving its citizens of their rights.<\/p>\n

“His remarks definitely lifts the curtain from the colonialist motives of America,” the Taliban said in a statement detailed by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant websites. America, the Taliban said, wants to establish dominance over the region.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, Mr Taliban, we’re depriving the Afghans of their rights. Like their right to be doused in acid for attending school, their right to be stoned when they’re raped, their right to sit in the back of the room and shut up. Oh, wait…that’s you, isn’t it? Yes, the US has colonialist motives…every great power needs a source of sand to achieve their status. Every global hegemon needs a giant shit hole with a population that is dumber than a box of their own sand.<\/p>\n

But, if VoteVets and the Taliban ever join forces (maybe they can recruit Lynn Woolsey, too) clearly we’ll never be able to overcome their massive brain power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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