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Afghanistan

On September 11th, 2001, the primitive religious fascists of Al-Qa'ida - supported by the barbarous, illiterate Taliban regime of Afghanistan - attacked America, killing thousands of innocent men, women and children.

America viewed this (quite properly) as a declaration of war, and attacked Afghanistan immediately. Within ten weeks of the Sept 11th attack, the entire Taliban regime had been destroyed, and Al-Qa'ida had been scattered, with thousands of jihadis dead. They have not staged a mega-attack since. By historical standards, it was a stunning victory.

Attack the West, and your regime will end. - This equation, and the skill and bravery of the American (and Allied) soldiers who enforce it, is what keeps civilization alive against the many savages and barbarians all over the world who would destroy it.




The impressive Prince Harry of England is a symbol of the West's long-term commitment to this global struggle against Islamist terror.
The West is a formidable enemy. In the 20th century, it destroyed Fascism and Communism. And now Islamism is in its sights, and will also in turn be destroyed.
Saudi princes live a decadent life of pleasure in their palaces. Enemy leaders Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri hide unseen in caves.
But Prince Harry, the younger brother of the future King of England, and maybe even the future King himself, risks his very life in Afghanistan in this struggle of decency against evil. He has been in combat. He has actually killed enemy Islamist fighters. This is the most impressive act by a member of the Royal family in many years.
Note that other Royals saw combat against other tyrannies: Prince Andrew fought against the Argentine military dictatorship, and Prince Philip fought against both Nazi Germany and Axis Japan.
Image from here.




History


Background to the war



The war



Bin Laden admits 9/11

  1. First note that Bin Laden is an open liar. First in Sept 2001, in front of the world, he denied carrying out 9/11. Later, in front of the whole world, he openly takes credit for it. You have to understand that lying to infidels is not considered sinful by religious Islamists.
  2. Captured private video, Afghanistan, Dec 2001: "we calculated in advance the number of casualties from the enemy, who would be killed based on the position of the tower. We calculated that the floors that would be hit would be three or four floors. I was the most optimistic of them all. .. due to my experience in this field, I was thinking that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the floors above it only. This is all that we had hoped for.".
  3. Public U.S. election video, Nov 2004: "I say to you, Allah knows that it had never occurred to us to strike the towers. But after it became unbearable and we witnessed the oppression and tyranny of the American/Israeli coalition against our people in Palestine and Lebanon, it came to my mind. ... And as I looked at those demolished towers in Lebanon, it entered my mind that we should punish the oppressor in kind and that we should destroy towers in America in order that they taste some of what we tasted ... It never occurred to us that the commander-in-chief of the American armed forces would abandon 50,000 of his citizens in the twin towers to face those great horrors alone, the time when they most needed him. But because it seemed to him that occupying himself by talking to the little girl about the goat and its butting was more important than occupying himself with the planes and their butting of the skyscrapers, we were given three times the period required to execute the operations - all praise is due to Allah."
  4. Public audio, May 2006: "I am the one in charge of the 19 brothers"
  5. Ayman al-Zawahiri video, July 2006
  6. Video released Sept 2006 showing Bin Laden with the 9/11 hijackers.
  7. Video captured by US 2001-2, released Oct 2006, showing the 9/11 lead pilots Mohammed Atta and Ziad Jarrah at Bin Laden's camp in Afghanistan in 2000.
  8. Al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahri says they carried out 9/11, Apr 2008. He attacks 9/11 truthers. In his bizarre, hate-filled, narrow sectarian world, he accuses the Shia Muslims of spreading these conspiracy theories, such as that Israel carried out 9/11: "The purpose of this lie is clear - (to suggest) that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history." Also here.



Ziad Jarrah and Mohammed Atta, the smiling faces of modern religious evil.
Video still, 2000 (note, this is when Clinton was president).
The following year, these two starry-eyed religious young men attacked American civilian targets, killing 3,000 American men, women and children for no reason.




Bin Laden is dead?



After the war


The Taliban remnants, 2001 to date

Unlike the jihad in Iraq, which successfully managed to start an inter-Muslim civil war, the jihad in Afghanistan has had little success since liberation. These fascist scum may fight on for years, though.

Opinion Polls in Afghanistan



Afghan President Hamid Karzai, inauguration, December 7, 2004:
"Whatever we have achieved in Afghanistan - the peace, the election, the reconstruction, the life that the Afghans are living today in peace, the children going to school, the businesses, the fact that Afghanistan is again a respected member of the international community - is from the help that the United States of America gave us. Without that help, Afghanistan would be in the hands of terrorists - destroyed, poverty-stricken, and without its children going to school or getting an education. We are very, very grateful, to put it in the simple words that we know, to the people of the United States of America for bringing us this day."
- And he's no CIA-chosen puppet. He got 4.4 million votes in a free election - a whopping 55% of the vote. He speaks for a lot of Afghanis - the ones who in fact, if given the chance, will make something of their country.



The future


Afghanistan is now ranked as "Partly Free"!



The Abdul Rahman case - What is the future of Afghanistan?

The toughest job in re-building Afghanistan and Iraq is to ensure that democracy and modern freedom replace the backward, traditional tribal and religious laws. This may be impossible, I know. The pessimists and isolationists may be right. The Afghans may not be ready for freedom. We may have to wait decades, or even centuries, before Afghans are ready for the modern world. I hope this isn't true. Even if it is true, the war was still worth it for many other reasons. A pro-West Islamic state is still a major victory over a pro-terrorist Islamic state. But it is a much bleaker scenario.

I don't believe it's true, and it's far too early to give up now. The struggle isn't over yet.



What I and others said when Abdul Rahman was threatened with death:


Pessimism - If Afghanistan becomes a regular Islamist state, should it be abandoned?

Should America really withdraw its support for the Afghan government if things go wrong?



"Look, he has a Bible!" says the Islamic fascist judge Ansarullah Mawlazezadah.
Brave allied troops died for this?

Picture credit Associated Press.
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Optimism - Let us not give up too early

Let us not be too pessimistic, though. Let us not give up too early. Afghanistan is freer now than it has ever been in history, and the movement is continuing all in the right direction. If regular peaceful elections and a diverse press can continue for decades, the culture war will follow, and the fundamentalists will eventually lose. Let us see the Abdul Rahman case as part of the long struggle within Afghanistan. The struggle isn't over yet.




Next (after Afghanistan): Iraq


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