America and Taming the Taliban

Published in Al-rafidayn
(Iraq) on 21 June 2011
by Rada Al-Batawi (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Thomas Coleman. Edited by Jennifer Pietropaoli.
For some time the news has been revealing that there are now talks and negotiations between the United States and the Taliban regarding a peaceful withdrawal from the Afghan quagmire — or at least one with minimal losses.

Whenever the United States negotiates or discusses anything she works on weakening the position of whomever she is negotiating with, whether the negotiations are direct or completed through other parties. This weakening is evidenced in the temptation of leaders with rank and money, as evidenced by what happened in Somalia with the current Somali president, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. The U.S. made him abandon his objectives with the Courts Movement due to the position they put him in as a figurehead president with no power or strength. Ahmed didn’t realize that his objectives or the movement had died except in areas situated far from the control of the governmental forces.

The Taliban must pay close attention because the United States will give them leadership of the state and the government. The most important thing — and the thing that really causes problems — is the incorporation of American troops into the army. These troops then become known as they are distributed amongst troops from the current governmental army and others from other organizations, which eventually leads to a weakening of the combined forces in the future. This is what happened with the Courts Movement in Somalia. In such a situation, the army will begin to enter into confrontations with colleagues and they won’t be united, but divided. In this way the backbone of the movement will be broken, just as happened with the Courts Movement.

Through this negotiation policy, the United States is withdrawing allied troops and leaving the Afghan lion lame after a civil war that has broken the backbone of the Taliban, leaving Afghanistan with no large power capable of taking over governing the country alone. The country will remain unified through weak governments, or it will fragment into different movements — just like in Somalia.


تعلن أخبار منذ زمن عن وجود مباحثات ومفاوضات بين الولايات المتحدة وحركة طالبان للخروج من المستنقع الأفغانى بسلام أو بأقل قدر من الخسائر .والولايات المتحدة عندما تفاوض وتباحث فإنها تعمل على إضعاف موقف من تقوم بالمفاوضات معه سواء كانت هذه المفاوضات مباشرة أو من خلال أطراف أخرى وهذا الاضعاف يتمثل فى إغراء قادة الحركات بالمناصب والأموال كما حدث فى الصومال مع رئيس الصومال الحالى شيخ شريف شيخ أحمد عندما جعلوه يتخلى عن أهدافه من خلال حركة المحاكم من خلال المنصب الذى وضعوه فيه فجعلوه رئيس صوريا لا حول له ولا قوة فلا هو حقق أهدافه وأصبحت الحركة فى عداد الأموات إلا فى المناطق البعيدة عن سيطرة القوات الحكومية.وعلى طالبان أن تعى الدرس جيدا فالولايات المتحدة ستعطيها الرئاسة رئاسة الدولة والحكومة والأهم وهو الذى يجعل الحركة فى مهب الريح هو إدخال قواتها ضمن الجيش ومن ثم يصبحون معروفين كما أنها سيوزعون مع غيرهم من قوات الجيش الحكومى الحالى وغيرهم من المنظمات الأخرى مما يضعف موقف هذه القوات مستقبلا كما حدث مع حركة المحاكم الصومالية فساعتها سيدخلون فى مواجهات مع الزملاء ولن يكونوا متجمعين وإنما متفرقين وهكذا يتم كسر شوكة الحركة كما حدث مع حركة المحاكم الولايات المتحدة بهذه السياسة التفاوضية تخرج قوات التحالف بسلام وتبقى الأسد الأفغانى كسيحا من خلال الحرب الأهلية بعد كسر شوكة طالبان ومن ثم لا تقوم فى أفغانستان أى قوة كبيرة تستطيع تولى حكم البلاد وحدها وتبقى البلاد موحدة من خلال حكومات ضعيفة أو تقسم البلاد على الحركات المختلفة كما هو حادث فى الصومال .

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