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Although there is no direct threat to Australia, the Australian government continues to sacrifice the
lives of young soldiers in an unwinnable war in the far-off hell-hole of
Afghanistan.
The war against the Taliban is a war that can never be won. Cells of
terrorists can attack coalition troops and then melt into a population that is
either friendly or gives tacit support.
A special breakdown of Budget figures shows the Afghan conflict will cost at
least $10 billion by the time the Diggers are pulled out in three years time.
The amount is enough for seven central teaching hospital or 450 public
schools.
The Afghan people will continue to be ruled either by a
corrupt ruling elite or by the brutal Taliban. Regardless of which side wins, the
Afghan people will be
subjected to the totalitarian socio-political doctrine that Islam calls shariah,
where women are repressed and draconian laws prevail. Shariah is already in
operation under the current Western-backed regime. Under shariah, polygamy, marital
rape, wife abuse, female genital mutilation and underage forced marriages are
rife.
Translated as "the path", shariah is a comprehensive legal and
political framework. Though it certainly has spiritual elements, it would be a
mistake to think of shariah as a "religious" code in the Western sense
because it seeks to regulate all manner of behaviour in the secular sphere -
economic, social, military, legal and political.
Land conquered or occupied by Muslims, such as Afghanistan is regarded by
Muslims as "sacred space", endowed by Allah to the ummah or
Muslim people forever. Infidels are not welcome on such scared ground,
particularly armed foreign troops.
In a statement in July 2011, former army chief Peter Leahy warned Australia
was pursuing "half a strategy in Afghanistan" with confusion over its
mission. "The Australian government has traded off the bravery, resolve and
professionalism of its soldiers for too long", Leahy said.
Australian army lieutenant-colonel, Nicholas Floyd, who spent six months in
Afghanistan in 2010, says the insurgency there involves complex layers
characterised by ready recourse to violence and an unfathomable interlacing of
local grievances, political manoeuvring, criminal acts and corruption, graphic
and extreme violence beyond the norms of traditional tribal local power
struggles, and a perverted interpretation of Islam.
The question has to be asked - why is the Australian
government sending soldiers to fight and die in support of such a system?
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