Two points arise from the recent controversy over the MOD's dilatoriness in offering asylum to their Afghan interpreters and helpers when NATO scrambles. 1. They did it for the Iraqi collaborators, the argument goes, so why not the Afghans? Why not indeed. The BBC today covered the case of two brothers who were interpreters for the British army contingent of ISAF. One is here illegally now and one is still at home unable and unsafe to leave his house. On being asked why he cannot move around in his own town, he said 'Nowhere is under control in Afghanistan except the military bases. And even they are coming under attack now.' Leading to the question:
2. What happened to the safe, stable, democratic Afghanistan which Obama (with Cameron and Hague parroting) are still trying to spin to the media and apathetic public? You know, 11 (eleven) years down the road. Just how much failure is it possible to cram into 11 years?
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