Night Raids Deal Trashed By US Committee
The pathetic deal which Karzai cravenly accepted - night raids to go ahead then permission is given afterwards - is not good enough for US hawks apparently. 'Could cost AMERICAN lives'. This would be bad enough if it were true. It isn't even remotely wired to reality of course.
McKeon raised reservations about the establishment of a panel of Afghan security officials — military, government and intelligence services — and giving it the authority to review and approve what raids will take place.The California Republican said that while Afghan security forces have made progress in TOtraining, the administration must be careful about putting Americans in danger without an independent legal authority to hold an enemy combatant. McKeon also challenged the role of Afghans in planning operations."The new framework could also potentially compromise sensitive U.S. information since more Afghans will be involved in sensitive intelligence activities and operational planning," he wrote. "At best, targets may be tipped off before an operation; at worst, U.S. lives may be lost."
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Afghanistan is a land locked island.
ReplyDeleteNATO will need open supply routes in and out of country.
Those routes [choke points] can be closed at will, as we have already seen.
America is in no position to keep dictating terms.
Pakistan and others know this quite well.
I keep going back to the SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Pakistan, India, Iran are all observer nations.
A few hurdles need to be over come before they can become full members.
Once this happens, or as it comes about it will be the major game changer in the region.