AFGHANISTAN:Afghan daily blames US for creating new generation of terrorists
Posted by warvictims on July 10, 2008
Text of editorial entitled “America should not deceive itself!” published by privately-owned Afghan newspaper Rah-e Nejat on 7 July
Following the 9/11 terrorist attack, the USA, in cooperation with its allies, started fighting in Afghanistan to eliminate terrorists. Afterwards, the fighting was spread to Iraq. Before the attack, terror was conducted in various ways. However, the attack on the US World Trade Centre changed terror into a school. The school belonged to Al-Qa’idah and the Taleban, who once used to be US tools.
On the surface, we could observe that American combat with terrorists is imbalanced fighting because it started as improper and unorganized fighting. They did not pay attention to the roots of terrorism. The USA and its allies’ world war with terrorism is intensifying and has claimed lives in Afghanistan. The fighting has led to a strange failure. Shortly after they started their attacks in Afghanistan, over some weeks, they thought they had oppressed the Taleban and that they did not have the power to create challenges for them. Were the Taleban and terrorism really eliminated?
The goodwill of the USA and its allies during their initial stay in Afghanistan proved that terrorism is no longer a challenge for Afghanistan and for the region. However, it created the problems today. The Taleban have been unbelievably empowered, civilian casualties have increased and the foreign troops are being killed in Afghanistan.
Let us sum this up like this – that two plus two is four. The USA understands this mathematical formula but it acts against it. The USA thought that the transmission of fighting and casualties from the West to Afghanistan and Iraq would be the change, but they made a mistake.
On the surface, we can understand that the USA’s war on terror has only led to innocent civilian casualties and casualties among the foreign troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. We can think of a new terrorism. By starting the fight against terrorism, the USA created terrorism in a new manner and it increased the destruction and casualties.
Whatever the case, neither the USA nor its allies have looked precisely into the nature of terrorism. According to them, anyone or any party that is against the USA and its benefits is a terrorist. Hence, the real terrorism is getting empowered and they are launching massive operations, though, this has threatened the security of the western countries.
Over the past few years, there has been no precise combat against terrorism in Afghanistan. The USA has been following its impulsive targets, though it has ignored targeting the real hideouts of terrorists in order to defuse their campaigns. However, analysts have always warned the USA against this method, but it has never cared about their comments.
Now, let us think – if the USA aims to eliminate terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq, what is the guarantee that their roots will not be expanded to Asia, Africa, Europe and America?
This fear is being changed into a reality with every passing day.
Followers of the terrorism school are being increased as a result of the USA’s negligence. On the other hand, its allies are reducing their commitments.
If the USA and its allies really want to eliminate terrorism, they should start the real fight against terrorism and should not deceive themselves.
