All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
What can console the mothers and wives of those men? How convince them that those two lives were not wasted in the vacuum of imbecility, when the president calls the Iranian hierarchy "rational" and the VP says the Taliban are not our enemies?
So why are we risking our most valuable assets, our children, in a moral and human desert so foreign to our own values?
...On the streets of Kabul, police officers said they didn’t care about the flurry of U.S. apologies, including the one from Obama, or the demands of Afghan politicians. The offense felt was personal, most said, not diminished by contrition or inflamed by hostile rhetoric.
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Some Bagram employees — who often face threats for aiding the United States — waved the charred books in the air, demanding a response.
Those employees, among the 5,000 Afghans who support the base’s operations, chanted “Death to America” and lobbed rocks at gates that some had entered for years. Some cursed their bosses and promised never to return to work at Bagram.
“How could we ever work for someone who could do this?” asked a 21-year-old man who said he had worked for two years in a warehouse on the base. “This couldn’t have happened by accident. This was meant to offend us.”...
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What can console the mothers and wives of those men? How convince them that those two lives were not wasted in the vacuum of imbecility, when the president calls the Iranian hierarchy "rational" and the VP says the Taliban are not our enemies?
So why are we risking our most valuable assets, our children, in a moral and human desert so foreign to our own values?
Just bring them home and get ready for the worse.
The Islamomaniacs will see this apology as surrender and, what's more, as proof of the will of Allah that Islam will dominate the world.
The news grows grimmer every day.
From yesterday's WaPo:
...On the streets of Kabul, police officers said they didn’t care about the flurry of U.S. apologies, including the one from Obama, or the demands of Afghan politicians. The offense felt was personal, most said, not diminished by contrition or inflamed by hostile rhetoric.
[...]
Some Bagram employees — who often face threats for aiding the United States — waved the charred books in the air, demanding a response.
Those employees, among the 5,000 Afghans who support the base’s operations, chanted “Death to America” and lobbed rocks at gates that some had entered for years. Some cursed their bosses and promised never to return to work at Bagram.
“How could we ever work for someone who could do this?” asked a 21-year-old man who said he had worked for two years in a warehouse on the base. “This couldn’t have happened by accident. This was meant to offend us.”...
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