Posted by
ApolloSpeaks on Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:49:39 AM
Abdul Satter Abu Rishawi: father, hero and martyr
of the Anbar Awakening.Has no equivalent in Afghanistan.
The tragic crash of three US helicopters in Afghanistan on Monday was emblematic of our military fortunes in that country. It was an unmistakable sign warning that our strategic dilemma there is irreversible and hopeless, that the war there is a lost cause, and that the best course to take is withdrawal. This is not due to a lack of will and resolve by US forces to defeat al-Qaida and the Taliban; our men and women are patriots and motivated to win and could do so with their present numbers if the situation on the ground warrented; if it was favorable like it was in Iraq with the Anbar Awakening. But there is nothing remotely comparable to the Anbar miracle in Afghanistan. There is no visionary Afghan tribal leader like the fearless and charismatic Sheik Abdul Al-Rishawi to unite the divided Afghan tribes against the Taliban, as martyred Rishawi united the Sunnis in a victorious jihad against al-Qaida with US help.
After eight years of war with al-Qaida and the Taliban, after blowing up, torturing and brutally murdering thousands of innocent men, women and children, the Afghans are not outraged or hell bent on revenge as were the Anbar Sunnis who chose war and death to al Qaida rule. Kill them as you may the Afghans lack the will, resolve and national spirit to support the Kabul government and confront and defeat the Taliban.
The war is hopeless because the Afghans are hopelessly divided, passive and docile. While they fear the Taliban returning to power they're unwilling to risk life and limb to prevent it. The spirit of freedom burns dimly in Afghanistan and try as we may it can't be fanned into a consuming national flame. That is the sad reality and why we must retreat and leave Afghanistan to its miserable fate. We must leave trusting in God and Providence that in the long run of history it will serve the cause of liberty; we must trust that Afghanistan will not be our graveyard as it was for other great powers; we must trust that God will set things right; that He will bring good out of the catastrophe of Afghanistan; that out of its ashes will soar the eagle of victory over our murdering Moslem foes, just as our debacle in Vietnam led to the rise of Ronald Reagan and the fall of the Soviet State (
see).
Postscript
Because the Afghan War is unwinnable it will be a political disaster for Barack Obama. He is damned if he does and if he doesn't. Whether he pulls out our troops or leaves them in to fight; whether he goes McChrystal heavy or lite in the end the war will be one of many factors that will ruin his presidency and destroy the ultra liberal progressive Left-with Reagan Conservatives returning to power to make everything RIGHT.