WHO, WHAT, WHY May 12, 2008
Posted by wmmbb in South West Asia.trackback
Such is the enduring glory of Australian Parliamentary Democracy and the the bipartisan consensus that even basis questions defy answers. According to ABC News:
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) says Taliban forces in Afghanistan have adopted a new tactic of falsely accusing Coalition troops of mistreating detainees.
An inquiry has cleared Australian troops of any wrongdoing in a battle in Afghanistan last year, which resulted in the deaths of two Afghan women, a baby and Australian soldier Luke Worsley.
A separate investigation is continuing into claims Taliban detainees were mistreated, after the death last month of Australian soldier Jason Marks.
The Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, says he has noticed a trend emerging.
“The trend is also not necessarily to complain to the nation involved,” he said.
“The trend would be rather to complain to the Dutch that Australians had mistreated detainees before they were handed over, or complain to the Australians that the Dutch had mistreated. That happens throughout the country.”
It is quite unmistakable that the enemy of the Australian forces in Afghanistan is designated as the “Taliban”. Are these the remnants of the former government of Afghanistan? Are they are a newly constituted force in response to the presence of foreign soldiers on there land? Are we involved in a civil war in Afghanistan? Tough fight rhetoric aside what is the purpose of the mission now, and why are we still there?
And the questions without answers are not exhausted.
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