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Showing posts with label US in Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US in Afghanistan. Show all posts
Monday, June 18, 2012
Politiktoons No. 208: Drone
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Politiktoons No. 114: Birthday Cake
Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://politiktoons.blogspot.com
and also at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)
and also at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Local Muslims See Little Benefit in Afghanistan ‘Surge’
By Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
15 December 2009
Original report from Phnom Penh
15 December 2009
Members of Cambodia’s Muslim community say an increase of US troops in Afghanistan will not end the war but could instead worsen the conflict and even spread terrorist acts.
“The war between the US and Afghanistan has lasted eight years already, but no result can be seen,” Mat Islamiyas, a university student in Phnom Penh, said at her dormitory Monday. “That is to say no terrorist leaders can be found. So the results of the war have been only losses. Those who will be killed are civilians.”
US President Barrack Obama announced earlier this month an increase of 30,000 troops in Afghanistan, the latest US attempt to defeat a Taliban insurgency that has proven its resilience in an eight-year war.
The increase would put the number of US soldiers at more than 100,000, in a war that began following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US by al Qaeda, which had sanctuaries in Afghanistan.
“Although Mr. Obama chose to send more troops in a bid to eliminate al Qaeda or the Taliban considered as terrorists, America will not win the war,” said Mot Harifin, a staff member of Muslim Aid Cambodia. “The addition would only make the Taliban in Afghanistan more active in their terrorist acts; thus this will affect the world as a whole.”
Sos Musin, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Cults and Religion, agreed.
“The sending of more American and NATO troops to Afghanistan will only cause more deaths and damage to people’s property,” he said. “So, in my opinion, it would be better if America could take on negotiations or seek other peaceful solutions.”
He added that the decision of more troops in Afghanistan should be left to Afghan people.
“I see it as nonsense, sending more troops,” said Asmat Yasya, a secretary of state for the Ministry of Social Affairs.
The US may be able to kill insurgents, he said, but that does not mean they will prevent terror attacks.
“It is better that America spends the money reserved for a military surge on building schools and hospitals for the Afghan people, so that they stop supporting the Taliban,” he said.
“The war between the US and Afghanistan has lasted eight years already, but no result can be seen,” Mat Islamiyas, a university student in Phnom Penh, said at her dormitory Monday. “That is to say no terrorist leaders can be found. So the results of the war have been only losses. Those who will be killed are civilians.”
US President Barrack Obama announced earlier this month an increase of 30,000 troops in Afghanistan, the latest US attempt to defeat a Taliban insurgency that has proven its resilience in an eight-year war.
The increase would put the number of US soldiers at more than 100,000, in a war that began following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US by al Qaeda, which had sanctuaries in Afghanistan.
“Although Mr. Obama chose to send more troops in a bid to eliminate al Qaeda or the Taliban considered as terrorists, America will not win the war,” said Mot Harifin, a staff member of Muslim Aid Cambodia. “The addition would only make the Taliban in Afghanistan more active in their terrorist acts; thus this will affect the world as a whole.”
Sos Musin, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Cults and Religion, agreed.
“The sending of more American and NATO troops to Afghanistan will only cause more deaths and damage to people’s property,” he said. “So, in my opinion, it would be better if America could take on negotiations or seek other peaceful solutions.”
He added that the decision of more troops in Afghanistan should be left to Afghan people.
“I see it as nonsense, sending more troops,” said Asmat Yasya, a secretary of state for the Ministry of Social Affairs.
The US may be able to kill insurgents, he said, but that does not mean they will prevent terror attacks.
“It is better that America spends the money reserved for a military surge on building schools and hospitals for the Afghan people, so that they stop supporting the Taliban,” he said.
Friday, December 04, 2009
In Obama Strategy, Cambodians See the Past
By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
03 December 2009
Original report from Phnom Penh
03 December 2009
The new military strategy unveiled by US President Barack Obama on Tuesday will not be enough to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda without winning the hearts of the Afghan and Pakistani people, Cambodian officials said Thursday.
Obama announced Tuesday he would inject 30,000 more troops into a counterinsurgency strategy in the region, but he also gave a deadline of June 2011 to bring US forces home.
“It is very difficult to win against al Qaeda and the Taliban, but the United States military and NATO alliance must defeat the international terrorists, for peace and economic growth in the world,” said ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yiep.
“This strategy is the United States’ ambition, to eliminate al Qaeda and the Taliban,” he said. “But the strategy cannot succeed…if the new strategy has no policy for social affairs to improve the living standards and economics of the Afghan people.”
The US should establish a strategy to compromise and fulfill the needs of the Afghan people to lessen the influence of the Islamists, he said.
In Cambodia, the effects of a failed counterinsurgency strategy are deeply felt. Khmer Rouge guerrillas overtook the entire country in less than 10 years, starting as a small peasant revolution in the countryside and ultimately defeating the US-backed forces of Lon Nol.
The Khmer Rouge victory, in April 1975, was followed by the implementation of “Year Zero,” where everyday Cambodians were marched out of the cities and into agricultural collectives, where eventually as many as 2 million people perished.
“If Obama does not have a new strategy for Afghanistan, the Kabul government will collapse, and there will be bloodshed more serious than the Khmer Rouge regime,” said Thun Saray, president of the rights group Adhoc.
Phay Siphan, a government spokesman and a Cambodian-American whose nephew is serving in Afghanistan, said the US should be careful in its war there, considering its experiences in the Vietnam War.
The fate of the US in Afghanistan could end as badly, he said.
Obama announced Tuesday he would inject 30,000 more troops into a counterinsurgency strategy in the region, but he also gave a deadline of June 2011 to bring US forces home.
“It is very difficult to win against al Qaeda and the Taliban, but the United States military and NATO alliance must defeat the international terrorists, for peace and economic growth in the world,” said ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yiep.
“This strategy is the United States’ ambition, to eliminate al Qaeda and the Taliban,” he said. “But the strategy cannot succeed…if the new strategy has no policy for social affairs to improve the living standards and economics of the Afghan people.”
The US should establish a strategy to compromise and fulfill the needs of the Afghan people to lessen the influence of the Islamists, he said.
In Cambodia, the effects of a failed counterinsurgency strategy are deeply felt. Khmer Rouge guerrillas overtook the entire country in less than 10 years, starting as a small peasant revolution in the countryside and ultimately defeating the US-backed forces of Lon Nol.
The Khmer Rouge victory, in April 1975, was followed by the implementation of “Year Zero,” where everyday Cambodians were marched out of the cities and into agricultural collectives, where eventually as many as 2 million people perished.
“If Obama does not have a new strategy for Afghanistan, the Kabul government will collapse, and there will be bloodshed more serious than the Khmer Rouge regime,” said Thun Saray, president of the rights group Adhoc.
Phay Siphan, a government spokesman and a Cambodian-American whose nephew is serving in Afghanistan, said the US should be careful in its war there, considering its experiences in the Vietnam War.
The fate of the US in Afghanistan could end as badly, he said.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sacrava's Politiktoons: "Welcome to Myanmar" & "Vietnam II"
Welcome to Myanmar, Cartoon by Sacrava
Vietnam II, Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com and also athttp://politiktoons.blogspot.com)
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