{"id":34954,"date":"2013-04-06T13:58:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T17:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34954"},"modified":"2013-04-06T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T19:15:07","slug":"we-have-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34954","title":{"rendered":"“We have to go”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ex-PH2 sends a link to NBC<\/a> about the same discussion we had the other day<\/a> about Afghans planning their own withdrawal strategy from their own country;<\/p>\n

And as international funding dries up and with many international companies due to shut down after the departure of foreign troops, Afghanistan\u2019s economy is set to shrink dramatically. Foreign embassies are also being scaled down. <\/p>\n

\u201cFear of instability in 2014 is driving emigration of the very people and money that could prevent instability,\u201d STATT, an NGO that does research and polling, said in its January 2013 Afghan Migration in Flux report. \u201cMost foresee a future of conflict, instability and chaos as fait accompli for the country.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, they squandered their chance at being a country instead of the world’s asshole, and now, when they should be making preparations for the loss of American taxpayer dollars, they’re following those dollars out of the country;<\/p>\n

Some Afghans scrambling to get out any way they can are paying $30,000 to 50,000 on the black market for fake passports and passage to another country, an exorbitant sum in a country where average annual income is estimated to be under the $500 a year. A recent Afghan police raid picked up dozens of false Canadian, Pakistani and Afghan passports and numerous forged visas. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile the rural poor \u2013 farmers and laborers \u2013 have fewer options. If they are forced to move because of violence, they often end up unemployed in refugee camps, which many find shameful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, the people who could actually change Afghanistan are just pulling up stakes. Just like Mexico and the rest of Latin America. Of course most Afghans are planning on coming to the US or Canada. There’s already a large Afghan population in Arlington County, VA from the last exodus which swept the Taliban into power there.<\/p>\n

It’s just what happens when the politicians decide when and how we’re to leave a war zone behind, instead of listening to the generals. Of course, they can say that the politicians listened listened to the generals, after the politicians fired all of the generals who disagreed with them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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