Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has announced the name of the British Soldier that died in the UK of wounds sustained in Afghanistan, the Soldier was “ Private Thomas Sephton, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment ”. Our thoughts are with the family of Private Sephton.

Torture Whitewash ?

Guardian: Has a very tough article on the new torture Inquiry, the Guardian notes the following, “ .. government officials made clear, that most of the evidence to the inquiry will be heard in private, and as a non-statutory inquiry, its powers will be limited. ” Also the Inquiry will not have access to CIA officials or even to then Labour PM Tony Blair, in other words folks it can be argued from the left that this is a Whitewash, but the difference is that in this case its good to have a whitewash, the PR will be good, the alleged victims will receive a payout for their suffering and the UK can follow its tradition policy of letting sleeping dogs lie. The truth is never pretty and in the cases after 9/11 the Labour Government had no choice but to act like Jack Bauer from the 24 series. In that time the Western Governments and people thought that there would be another attack, that the attack could even have been from weapons of mass destruction, but due to the polices of the Bush/Blair Governments there was not another 9/11. Thus lets wash those walls white folks.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has announced the name of the British Soldier that was killed on Monday in Afghanistan, the Soldier was “ Trooper James Anthony Leverett of D (The Green Horse) Squadron, The Viking Group, The Royal Dragoon Guards ”. Our thoughts are with the family of Trooper Leverett.

Obama and Netanyahu

Lets have a look at the today’s meeting between President Obama and Israeli PM Netanyahu, the official White House readout of the meeting states the following on the relationship, “ The President and the Prime Minister reaffirmed the strong, unbreakable bonds that characterize the special relationship between the United States and Israel. ”. In other words both President and PM figured out that they needed each other, Obama cant throw Israel under the bus, the Democratic Party would rather throw Obama under the bus with his present poll ratings, while Israel needs the security support of the US under President Obama, PM Netanyahu stated the following on the relationship in the Oval “ Let me make a general observation…..And here I’ll have to paraphrase Mark Twain, that the reports about the demise of the special U.S.-Israel relations -- relationship aren’t just premature, they're just flat wrong. There’s a depth and richness of this relationship that is expressed every day. Our teams talk. We don't make it public. The only thing that's public is that you can have differences on occasion in the best of families and the closest of families; that comes out public -- and sometimes in a twisted way, too. ” In other words we are stuck with each other, and the Obama ego has seen the political polls, he cant walk on water or stop an oil spill, does not need the Israeli lobby on his back at the present. The Obama thaw can be seen with the following from the readout “ In light of the threat posed to both our nations and to regional stability by Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, the President and the Prime Minister reiterated their strong support for the adoption of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929 and the additional national measures that have been taken since its adoption, and discussed the need to build upon that strong foundation as we continue to strengthen the international coalition dedicated to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The President reaffirmed the United States’ unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security, and the leaders reviewed the significant progress made in recent months to expand coordination between our militaries, to preserve and strengthen Israel’s qualitative military edge, and to fortify Israel’s ballistic missile defenses, including through additional U.S. financial support for Iron Dome. The President told the Prime Minister he recognizes that Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, by itself, against any threat or possible combination of threats, and that only Israel can determine its security needs. The President pledged to continue U.S. efforts to combat all international attempts to challenge the legitimacy of the State of Israel. The President and the Prime Minister discussed the global challenge of nuclear proliferation and the need to strengthen the nonproliferation system. They also exchanged views on the regional conference to discuss a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction and systems for their delivery referenced in the 2010 NPT Review Conference final document. The President informed the Prime Minister that, as a cosponsor charged with enabling the proposed conference, the United States will insist that such a conference will be for discussion aimed at an exchange of views on a broad agenda, to include regional security issues, verification and compliance, and all categories of weapons of mass destruction and systems for their delivery. The President emphasized that the conference will only take place if all countries feel confident that they can attend, and that any efforts to single out Israel will make the prospects of convening such a conference unlikely. In this regard, the two leaders also agreed to work together to oppose efforts to single out Israel at the IAEA General Conference in September. The President emphasized that the United States will continue its long standing practice to work closely with Israel to ensure that arms control initiatives and policies do not detract from Israel’s security, and support our common efforts to strengthen international peace and stability. ”. In other words folks hands off the Israeli nuclear capability, Obama like Reagan wants a nuclear free world, its not going to happen, so he just better get the idea in to his head, neither Israel or Iran if it gets the bomb are going to give them up to make Obama happy, and Obama is no Reagan or JFK.
　
　
　
　
　　
　
　
　

Obama and Netanyahu on Iran

Some interesting comments by President Obama and PM Netanyahu on Iran, President Obama stated the following, “ We discussed the issue of Iran, and we pointed out that as a consequence of some hard work internationally, we have instituted through the U.N. Security Council the toughest sanctions ever directed at an Iranian government. In addition, last week I signed our own set of sanctions, coming out of the United States Congress, as robust as any that we've ever seen. Other countries are following suit. And so we intend to continue to put pressure on Iran to meet its international obligations and to cease the kinds of provocative behavior that has made it a threat to its neighbors and the international community. ” The question will this be enough for Israel, it can postulated in the short term yes but there has to be a solution, the Israeli PM stated the following on Iran “ The greatest new threat on the horizon, the single most dominant issue for many of us, is the prospect that Iran would acquire nuclear weapons. Iran is brutally terrorizing its people, spreading terrorism far and wide. And I very much appreciate the President’s statement that he is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. That has been translated by the President through his leadership at the Security Council, which passed sanctions against Iran; by the U.S. bill that the President signed just a few days ago. And I urge other leaders to follow the President’s lead, and other countries to follow the U.S. lead, to adopt much tougher sanctions against Iran, primarily those directed against its energy sector. ”. Its not very subtle folks, there is time for sanctions but there comes a time when the talk has to end and Israel will take action. In the Q/A session with the Press in the Oval the Israeli PM stated the following, “…I think the sanctions the President signed the other day actually have teeth. They bite. The question is -- how much do you need to bite is something I cannot answer now. But if other nations adopted similar sanctions, that would increase the effect….”. Thus Obama has bought off Israel for a short time when it comes to Israel bombing Iran, but the clock is ticking folks, don’t confuse the Middle East Process with a planned Israeli attack on Iran, once Mossad gets the word that Iran is close to being a member of the nuclear club they will take out Iran.
　
　

UK Troops out of Sangin - Afghanistan Humiliation

Telegraph: Reports that UK troops will be withdrawn from the area of Sangin in Helmand Province of Afghanistan. This is a major humiliation folks for the UK Army, the UK has lost over a hundred soldiers in the Sangin area. One the one hand its good that our troops are getting out of the hell hole that is Sangin but its not a withdrawal from Afghanistan, this smells like Iraq all over again! In Iraq by the end the UK was not trusted by the Iraqi Government or the US Administration. In the history of the British Army it’s the second time we have been thrown out of Iraq, the times we have withdrawn from Afghanistan is to many. One has to be brutal why did we lose over a hundred brave soldiers, was it for sand to slip through our fingers. One can postulate that the new Conservative PM David Cameron wants out of Afghanistan thus his recent remarks about wanting the UK out of Afghanistan by the next UK General Election in 2015. If this is the first step to withdrawal then it’s a slow start, if we are getting out lets get out, why lose one more Soldier for a War that we cant carry the burden any more, its been a long and bloody war in Afghanistan, time to stand down. The UK should use the economic mess left by the past Labour Government as a reason to get hell out of Afghanistan, also it’s a Coalition Government, thus reason enough to get out. Afghanistan is turning in to another Iraq humiliation folks.