December 31, 2009 – 8:16 pm
Clearly the Chinese government has a poor grasp of history. Last time they tried to stop English dope peddlers we sent gunboats up the Yellow River and pounded their Mandarin asses until they agreed to be addicted to opium.
In those great days we were helped by the US, then Imperial apprentices, now big swinging dicks. [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Human rights, International Affairs, Law and order, Middle East, Political spin, War on Terror, human rights abuse, miscarriage of justice
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Tagged British heroin smuggler Akmal Shaikh knew what he was doing and did it for money, China executes the most people i is 14th when per capita judicial killing is taken into account, China's judicial killing of a British citizen carries more legitimacy than the countless acts of extra-judicial killing perpetrated daily by the US under the banner of liberal intervention, Chinese-British relations, one death is a tragedy 1000 a statistic, opium war, the fragrant Hamid Karzai
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November 3, 2009 – 1:43 pm
Thus predicted this outcome so long ago and so many times that I can scarcely be bothered to highlight our previous posts. Yet the grotesque reality of the US, Britain, NATO and especially the UN rewarding endemic fraud, corruption and weak government by a second term, all enacted under the banner of democracy, surpasses all [...]
September 14, 2009 – 1:57 pm
A credible, inclusive and secure election was intended to deliver a government with sufficient legitimacy to win back the trust of the population and to work with the US and NATO to restore Afghan Sovereignty. Instead, the Afghan population in general, and the youth and political activists in particular, now believe that a deeply flawed [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Barack Obama, Culture, Global security, Insurgency, democracy
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Tagged Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan election fraud, Ashraf Ghani, Bank of Ghazanhar, Bashardost, Clare Lockhart, Dostum, government of national unity, Hamid Karzai transitiona government, Institute of State Effectiveness, Insurgency, interest free loan of $2 million to Karzai, Karzai declares assets of $1000, Karzai-Abdullah coalition, popular Afghan insurgency, Richard Holbrooke, Taliban
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August 25, 2009 – 9:08 pm
“If Karzai’s warlord cronies have over-egged the firnee and their boy romps home with an incredible margin, Iran-style riots are almost inevitable. On the other hand, if he narrowly wins, it will be more difficult for the opposition forces to cry foul. Given that he achieved only 54 per cent in 2004, the ‘ideal’ result [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Asia, Global security, Human rights, Insurgency, Law and order, United Nations, War on Terror, citizens' rights, civil rights, democracy
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Tagged Abdullah Abdullah, afghanistan elections karzai lead narrows, Hamid Karzai, Karzai and abdullah to settle election with a pro wrestling bout, karzai campaign financed with 2 million dollar interest free loan, thus magazine proposes jeb bush as afghan election monitor
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August 24, 2009 – 4:18 pm
It is rumoured in Kabul that the Independent Election Commission is under pressure to rush out election results in an effort to accustom public opinion to the legitimacy of a Karzai victory which some are already claiming could be greater than 70 percent. Unofficial reports (Press TV) claim that Karzai has won with 3,244,196 votes [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Development, Global security, Insurgency, Intifada, Law and order, Middle East, Palestine, United Nations, War on Terror, democracy, gaza
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Tagged Abdullah, Afghan elections, Afghan government of national unity, AIPAC, anti-semitism, by John J Kelly, Fatah, fundamentalists, Ghani, Hamas, Independent Election Commission is under pressure to rush out election results, Jews, Karzai, Karzai rumoured to declare victory by more than 60%, Palestine, taliban intimidation caught on camera
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August 23, 2009 – 8:48 pm
This morning, in a cynical volte face, Abdullah Abdullah, the leading challenger to incumbent, President Karzai, declared that the Afghan election was rigged, having previously declared himself the winner. Earlier speculation that the two candidates identified by a Free and Fair Elections spokesman as responsible for widespread intimidation and ballot-rigging in the Afghan election (Thus passim) [...]
August 23, 2009 – 11:54 am
While resisting the temptation to say ‘we told you so’ (Thus passim) – it is glaringly evident that, as predicted, the Afghan elections were neither free nor fair. Except that by an extraordinary contortion of logic and semantics, the EU monitors have declared that they were ‘generally fair but not free.’ Well, thanks for putting [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Global security, Insurgency, Intifada, Policy, Political spin, US Politics, United Nations, War on Terror, citizens' rights, civil rights, democracy, miscarriage of justice
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Tagged Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan elections neither free nor fair says Thus Magazine, EU election monitors, Hamid Karzai, John J Kelly, Muhammad Qasim Fahim, neither warlord will secure more than 50% of a turnout well below 50% of the population in the first place, Pashtun, Takik, UNAMA, warlords
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August 20, 2009 – 1:11 pm
Fuck yeah – if it’s fucking hearts and fucking minds you want to fucking win over, walk this way with the fucking US Marines. We’ll capture those fucking hearts and minds or tear the bastards out and shove them up their sorry goddam asses. By John J Kelly.
Last night, BBC Newsnight aired a warning that [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Global security, Insurgency, Law and order, War on Terror, democracy, human rights abuse
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Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, BBC film of US marines patrolling Helmand, BBC Newsnight Helmand US marine patrol, by John J Kelly, counter insurgency, Douglas Alexander, hearts and minds, Helmand, Jeremy paxman, President Karzai passes Status Law legalising rape within marriage, Status law, Taliban, UK Development Secretary and jackass, Us marines, War on Terror
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August 18, 2009 – 2:23 pm
This morning, with two days to go, the BBC uncovered evidence of massive Afghan election fraud. Why are we not surprised? Leaving aside the fact that Thus reported this ‘possibility’ back in April, and again yesterday (see previous post) there have been several telltale signs that the promoters of Democracy Inc. are prepared to turn [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Global security, Insurgency, Law and order, Politics, US Politics, United Nations, War on Terror, democracy
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Tagged Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan election, Afghan insurgency, Ashar Ghani, by John J Kelly, Dostum, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, Iran election fraud, John J Kelly, massive election fraud uncovered by BBC, Obama, Obama's war of necessity, Taliban, UNAMA
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August 17, 2009 – 4:32 pm
Whatever it is, it isn’t a free and fair Afghan election. At least the media are finally admitting it (Thus passim) even if the reason is largely the upsurge in military casualties. Saturday’s lethal car bomb outside NATO headquarters in Kabul was a cynical signal from the Taliban that they can more or less get [...]
By John Kelly
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Also posted in Politics, War on Terror
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Tagged Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan elections likely to be a deadly farce, Ashraf Ghani, by John J Kelly, civilian deaths in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, India, Insurgency, Karzai family interests, managed democracy, NATO, Northern Alliance, Operation Enduring Freedom, Pakistan, pashtuns, Tajik, Taliban, UN, UNAMA, United Nations, War on Terror
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