Reconstruction, rehabilitation and democracy are words I am hearing from this accord in Bonn. Words never associated before with any faction of Afghan quagmire. This is a sea change of attitude, if brute and callous force is responded with calculated incremental counter strategy that destroys the roots of that brute force certain good comes out, hunaity at large reaps the benefits. I am happy to know that two women Dr. Siddiqui and Dr. Sohaila on Afghan cabinet. Accord signed, now this is progress, to break the chains of slavery for 50% of Afghan population. The resolute will of USA under its resolute leadership has not only busted the headquarters of Kabul based Terrorist Inc, have made it possible for people like us to dare think of society where 'Mullahs' will not be allowed to hijack our basic freedoms, much as I understand that this is not the job of US to build the world or get involved in nation building processes.
However US interests are global, US economy is dependent heavily on global peace dividend, US corporate stretch extends to war torn Afghanistan from one extreme to peaceful Swiss on the other. For country that has by accident or default achieved so much of productivity power of the world, we as human citizens cannot afford to see that country being chewed away by bunch of radicals who have no respect of any kind to anything remotely associated with human social contract. We are being told to play with hyena like creatures with set of constitutional rules? Even newborns are born fighters! That aggressiveness is so innate that the moment they're born, equipped with a full set of teeth, they attack each other, inflicting wounds so serious, that they may lead to the death of one of the siblings. They might be the "laughing stock" of the wild animal menagerie. But, despite their lowly status, hyenas are an evolutionary success story.
They've survived by fusing two formidable forces… Aggression. And female dominance! They might be the "laughing stock" of the wild animal menagerie. But, despite their lowly status, hyenas are an evolutionary success story. They've survived by fusing two formidable forces… Aggression and dominance! Aggression and dominance are two forces that these elements we are dealing with right now have in quite of excess, either we stop them or they shall dictate us. Hyena cultures had no Justinian code or Magnacarta or know founding fathers to refer too, they depend on share brutal force. Unfortunately medieval cultures where force is a recognised way for turning people into brainless, brainwashed subjects of Allah, some kind of super resolve to bring things to normal is the only way!! Today the freedom of women in Afghanistan is first of the signs that when citadels of aggression are broken we can get started with re-construction.
No nation has ever reached true freedom without revolutions, road map for future and luxury of constitutional play is only accorded to nations who go through that learning curve, USA, France even England all had their fair share of factional disagreements where certain rights were temporality suspended, here we are gain at cross roads, in a society that is borderless and environment that has no frontiers happening around the global enter our living areas, we are concerned by hem as such we have to try to make things better, that can only happen if we adhere to human way of negotiation and wring our differences, if we play by hyena law, those humans who will allow them to grow will face a hyena like society based on brute aggression and beast like force. Try explaining constitution to hyena? OBL will turn any open court proceedings to world media circus, moral equivalence would be drawn his fight for thrown of Saudi Arabia will be made a war between Islam and Christianity, in this inter connected world with 1.2 billion people who potentially can believe in such nonsense, I have absolutely no doubt that it is unaffordable for our society to go through that process. Running passengers planes into buildings or killing children with human loaded bombs in malls is in not any way allowed to be made a free ad to promote these sick ideas. OBL open case will dwarf OJ case media interest, his open appeals will find new followers, not that otehrwsie we would not but lets not make it too easy for them, lets play by their rule and interpretation of rights. Those 8 missionaries were being tried, was it an open court, and OBL called that the right kind of justice the kind of justice he would subject himself too. Military courts for such individuals are tailor-made. |
