General Mark Miley, the Joints Chiefs Chairman, says that civil war is now likely in Afghanistan, and his rant has gotten a lot of media coverage. Why? Because: we want that to happen. We think that would be just great after the Taliban defeated and humiliated us. And even though it would mean raining more war down on the long suffering Afghan people after 40 years of it, we don't give a shit. We'd still delight in it. Anything that brings woe to the Taliban is a pleasure to us.
Well, I've got news for you: General Miley is dead wrong. He's wrong about this, just as he's been wrong in all of his predictions and assessments about Afghanistan. He's never been right about anything.
Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the group fighting the Taliban, just announced that he accepts an offer from religious scholars in Afghanistan to mediate an end to the fighting.
The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting.
Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front, made the announcement on Facebook. Earlier, Taliban forces said they had fought their way to the provincial capitol of Panishir after securing the surrounding districts.
"The NRF in principle agrees to solve the current problems and put an immediate end to the fighting and continue negotiatiions," Massoud said in his Facebook post.
I expect that they are going to work out their differences, and the pressure from the religious leaders can only help, as it will force compromise. But, you know this guy is in touch with the U.S., and the worst thing we could do is give him arms and money and encouragement to continue fighting. For Christ's sake, let those poor people be at peace. Haven't we tortured them enough already?
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