Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
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Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#2Fuck the enemies of God.
The CIA will suck my dick.
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Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#3More slowly, he recounted the long list of relatives he lost over these decades of calamity, from a brother who died in the war against the Soviets in the 1980s to his 70-year-old brother-in-law, who was beheaded this month. The Taliban killed more than 19 relatives in all.
Indeed, it seems very likely that on the other side there are numerous individuals who have suffered similar losses and fight for similar reasons. And moreover, it seems likely that both sides will continue to inflict further deaths that will continue the process. And here, the idea that the tactic of using drone strike to kill Taliban leaders and "incidentally" many bystanders, could help put an end to the situation seems both absurd and grotesque.
Moreover, for as long as the war on drugs and geopolitical maneuvers pumps significant funds into underdeveloped, lawless areas, conflicts in those areas seem fated to continue in their present fashion - you'll always have machine guns and people with considerable motive to use them against people in the next village. The brutal views of ISIS and similar groups just seems a logical generalization of such a situation.
I guess it's not common knowledge that the ruling Shia-dominated government operated death-squads on a large scale in Iraq, targeting Sunni-ethnicity tribe people group now supporting ISIS/ISIL/daesh/etc.
"Not only counter-insurgency units such as the Wolf Brigade, the Scorpions and the Tigers, but the commandos and even the highway patrol police have been accused of acting as death squads."[1]
One more instance of after X many family members members have been killed, how much effort do you think someone is going to take to get revenge? And how many family members of someone else will they kill in that process?
Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#4Obama and the atheist CIA wake each day and ask, "How can we fuck God, today? I
know! We'll make nuns perform abortions. We make homos dance naked in Russian
churches in front of old church ladies. Isn't that hilarious? We'll make a
complete mockery of marriage because, after all, niggers don't have fathers and
that's not fair. My wife, Michelle, wants no cupcakes for school birthdays
because of single moms. We'll make God hated... just for pedophiles and crazy
insane sand-niggers. We'll drink fetus soup with the Queen and celebrate the
end of births. Having children is pedophillic. We'll make every five year old
African girl learn how to put on a condom. We'll make churchs no longer tax
exempt. We'll make all the conservative sons into liberal atheist
homos. Will bring in Mexicans to ensure democratic votes. The USA
will be a slum like Mexico but I don't care. On second thought... I love white
people! Come back! How come white people don't have kids? Oh yeah, we made
the white people greedy, coveting the wealth of the rich."
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Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#5More slowly, he recounted the long list of relatives he lost over these decades of calamity, from a brother who died in the war against the Soviets in the 1980s to his 70-year-old brother-in-law, who was beheaded this month. The Taliban killed more than 19 relatives in all. Indeed, it seems very likely that on the other side there are numerous individuals who have suffered similar losses and fight for similar reasons…
There is an interesting reframing of "us versus them" here [1]:
It's the side of tribalism -- the primitive instinct that says your "group" has to win at all costs, and I honestly don't care how you define your group (race, religion, country, way of life) because ultimately I think there are the only two sides:
A. Those who think their tribe has to dominate Earth; B. Those who think tribes can coexist.
It's especially interesting to see that even when offered revenge on the people who took the life of his family immediately, Hajji chose the longer and more abstract fight against the entire organization whose flag he believes they were operating under.
1. http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-to-keep-terrorists-from-r...
Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#6More slowly, he recounted the long list of relatives he lost over these decades of calamity, from a brother who died in the war against the Soviets in the 1980s to his 70-year-old brother-in-law, who was beheaded this month. The Taliban killed more than 19 relatives in all. Indeed, it seems very likely that on the other side there are numerous individuals who have suffered similar losses and fight for similar reasons…
There is an interesting reframing of "us versus them" here [1]: It's the side of tribalism -- the primitive instinct that says your "group" has to win at all costs, and I honestly don't care how you define your group (race, religion, country, way of life) because ultimately I think there are the only two sides: A. Those who think their tribe has to dominate Earth; B. Those who think tribes can coexist. It's especiall…
I find it ironic hat the author is dividing all of humanity into two tribes (A and B) and then stating that they cannot coexist.
Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is an interesting reframing of "us versus them" here [1]: It's the side of tribalism -- the primitive instinct that says your "group" has to win at all costs, and I honestly don't care how you define your group (race, religion, country, way of life) because ultimately I think there are the only two sides: A. Those who think their tribe has to dominate Earth; B. Those who think tribes can coexist. It's especiall…
I find it ironic hat the author is dividing all of humanity into two tribes (A and B) and then stating that they cannot coexist.
Except that A by definition has a mandate of non-coexistence.
Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#8How sweet, wonderful propaganda, mean while other innocents at Guantanamo experience the joys of anal rehydration and the Kafka esque life of indefinite imprisonment without trial.
But yeah, I'm glad the NY times can share such heart warming news.
Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#9How sweet, wonderful propaganda, mean while other innocents at Guantanamo experience the joys of anal rehydration and the Kafka esque life of indefinite imprisonment without trial. But yeah, I'm glad the NY times can share such heart warming news.
Well, to me, "the US government is keeping innocents in Guantanamo that could be fighting the Taliban and ISIS" doesn't sound like pro-government propaganda.
Re: Once in Guantánamo, Afghan Now Leads War Against Taliban and ISIS
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find it ironic hat the author is dividing all of humanity into two tribes (A and B) and then stating that they cannot coexist.
Except that A by definition has a mandate of non-coexistence.
I'm sure plenty of "it's us or them" people justify it on the basis that the other group thinks "it's us or them."
In any case, I'm not criticizing the author. This sort of thing is a fundamental paradox of tolerance. It's hard to tolerate those who would not tolerate you.