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“Peacemonger” Obama promised an end to the war in Iraq, and to bring the troops home. But it’s all just sleight of hand – in this case one hand stopping one war while the other escalates a second, in Afghanistan.

I can’t think of any rational or valid reason as to why the US and NATO troops are there – other than an attempt to pacify the place to make it safe for an oil pipeline.

Certainly the given reasons are nonsense. Gordon Brown prattles on about the need to win there in order to stop future terror attacks on the UK. Barrack Obama talks about bringing democracy and sound government – and improving the lives of ordinary Afghans. All of it rubbish of course.

I can’t even remember why Afghanistan was attacked in the first place. Oh yes, because the Taliban refused to hand over bin Laden. But weren’t the perpetrators of 9/11 supposed to be Saudis?

The Taliban are certainly not international terrorists, and are only concerned with matters inside their own country – and getting rid of foreigners. You or I may not like their way of life or code of conduct, but to brand them as terrorists and fight a war over there as part of the “war on terror” is just pure Orwellian newspeak.

History is definitely on the side of the Afghans though – as they have never been pacified, and by all accounts are perhaps the world’s most fierce fighters.

It’s certainly time for some common sense here – and to put a stop to this silly and costly war. Eric Margolis has written an interesting commentary on this that hits the nail on the head in my opinion. Worth the read.