Richard Holbrook: Right man for the Job?
Mr.JAFAR SYED

Mr.Jafar Syed is a Researcher in International Affairs based in New York

[My addition: What is strange is that the writer indirectly supported the ruthless Taliban Regime of Afganistan who were known to have destroyed, the old Bamiyan Buddhist Statues, Wonder of the ancient world; on the plea that they were "Un-Islamic".
On the right hand side is the photo of the taller Buddha towered five storeys high.
The giant Buddhas, carved into a mountainside at Bamiyan in the heart of the Hindu Kush mountains, were among Asia's great archaeological treasures. In antiquity, central Afghanistan was strategically placed to thrive from the Silk Road caravans which criss-crossed the region trading between the Roman Empire, China and India. One of the stopping-off points was the old kingdom of Kushan, whose people were responsible for carving these wonders of the ancient world. The larger statue stood at 53 metres (125 feet) above the town of Bamiyan - as high as a 10-storey building - and was considered to be the most remarkable representation of the Buddha anywhere in the world.
Once, it and its 38-metre-high companion were painted in gold and other colours, and they were decked in dazzling ornaments. All around there was a synthesis of Greek, Persian and Central and South Asian art.
There were countless rich frescoes. On one cave wall, there remain traces of a painting of Buddhas in maroon robes strolling in fields of flowers. In another painting, milk-white horses draw the Sun God's golden chariot through a dark blue sky. It was a place of pilgrimage, and there were 10 monasteries built into the cliff - the home of yellow-robed Buddhist monks, who presided over festivals.

WHAT IS THE MOST LAMENTING PART IS THAT: MOTIVATED INFORMATION ARE NOW BEING OPENLY DISSEMINATED, BY SOME ELITES OF THE SO CALLED "MUSLIM WORLD". THE LAST FEW PARAGRAPHS SUMS UP THE WRITER'S INTENTION OF WRITING .....].

AFTER September 11, Richard Holbrook championed the military action against Afghanistan, ruled out any role of diplomacy to deal with Taliban, labeled all Taliban as extremists, viewed Taliban and al-Qaida as one, advocated the removal of Taliban and destruction of al-Quaida, writes Scott Ritter.

“The diplomat rejected out of hand any sort of diplomacy, arguing that there were only extremists within the ranks of the Taliban. There was, in his opinion, no such thing as a moderate Taliban, and as such the United States had no choice but to lump the Taliban and al-Qaida into a singular target set, and initiate direct military action designed to remove the Taliban from power and destroy al-Qaida in Afghanistan. He argued for a military solution, and, of course, that was the result the Bush administration delivered. The diplomat's name? Richard Holbrooke.” (Scott Ritter, The Wrong Man for the Job, Truth Dig, January 24, 2009).
The same war-monger Richard Holbrook is appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“ … at a time when NATO itself questions the viability of the mission in Afghanistan, pushing for a solution emphasizing social and economic stability over military action, the selection of a hawk like Holbrooke is ill-advised. Not only has he demonstrated a lack of comprehension when it comes to the complex reality of Afghanistan (not to mention Pakistan), Holbrooke has a history of choosing the military solution over the finesse of diplomacy. The Dayton Accords, after all, were built on the back of a NATO military presence. This does not bode well for the Obama administration.
“It is highly doubtful that Holbrooke will bring anything more to the table than cheerleading. President Obama's stated intention to increase the size of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and to more forcefully assert U.S.-imposed "security" through continued military action in the Northwest Frontier of Pakistan is a dangerous scheme, one Holbrooke will enthusiastically support. Reinforcing failure is never a sound solution. Take it from the veteran British military officers who have served in Afghanistan and now advise that there is no military solution to the Afghan problem. Listening to advice like that would go a long way toward developing stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan and neutralizing al-Qaida's ability to organize and operate in those nations. The British recognize that the Taliban is not the problem, but rather part of the solution to what ails Afghanistan.
“There will be no peace without a negotiated settlement that includes the Taliban. To accomplish this, leadership is required which recognizes the Taliban as a force of moderation, and not extremism. Holbrooke does not have a record which indicates he would be willing to consider direct negotiations with the Taliban. He tends to seek military solutions to difficult ethnic-based problems, and he is likely to argue for the deployment of even more U.S. troops to that war-ravaged nation. That would be a historic mistake. (Scott Ritter, The Wrong Man for the Job, Truth Dig, January 24, 2009
Scott Ritter was a Marine Corps intelligence officer from 1984 to 1991 and a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998. He is the author of numerous books, including "Iraq Confidential, [1]" "Target Iran [2]" and his latest, "Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement.[3]"
Problem with analysts like Scott Ritter is their dishonesty. They know that American leadership is the most destructive, anti-human leadership in the entire history of mankind. They know that it does not matter it is Senior Bush, Clinton or baby Bush. They know that it does not matter it is Wilson, Roosevelt, Eisenhower or Kennedy. They know that It does not matter it is George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. They know that it does not matter it is Republican or Democrat President. Death, destruction and occupation are the ultimate goals of the American leadership. Death, destruction and occupation are in the psyche of the American leadership and American nation. They were born with it and they will die with them.
Analysts like Scott Ritter know that land from where the American leadership lectures the world about morality is an occupied land. But analysts like Scott Ritter can not confess this reality. Confessing this reality will end their future as a writer. They are more dangerous than Holbrook. Hawks like Holbrook are the true face of America.
Baby Bush did not need the advice of Scott Ritter what to do in Afghanistan. “As a student of the region, I believed that the United States would do well to use tribal concepts of honor to isolate and disenfranchise bin Laden and his Arab outsiders from their Taliban host. If the United States, working through the offices of the Pakistani intelligence services, could convince the Taliban that its hospitality had been abused by al-Qaida-in that the murder of innocents had been committed while under its protection-then Afghan tribal custom and honor and, even more important to the fundamentalist Taliban, Islamic law, dictated that the Taliban revoke the protections and privileges afforded bin Laden and al-Qaida.” (Scott Ritter, The Wrong Man for the Job, Truth Dig, January 24, 2009)
Baby Bush knew what he was doing. Now incorporated Obama also know what he is doing. “It is highly doubtful that Holbrooke will bring anything more to the table than cheerleading. President Obama's stated intention to increase the size of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and to more forcefully assert U.S.-imposed "security" through continued military action in the Northwest Frontier of Pakistan is a dangerous scheme, one Holbrooke will enthusiastically support. Reinforcing failure is never a sound solution.

Take it from the veteran British military officers who have served in Afghanistan and now advise that there is no military solution to the Afghan problem. Listening to advice like that would go a long way toward developing stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan and neutralizing al-Qaida's ability to organize and operate in those nations. (Scott Ritter, The Wrong Man for the Job, Truth Dig, January 24, 2009)
In this context, Holbrook is “not the wrong man for the job, he is the right man for the job. Death, destruction and occupation are in the psyche of the American leadership.
And who is this Hillary Clinton? She was there when President Clinton prepared the Americans for two wars (aggressions). Bush did experiment those destructive policies in Afghanistan and Iraq.
And whose war are Americans fighting in Afghanistan? It is Indian war which is footed by American tax payers. The United States can’t wait; we are in a war in Afghanistan, and we fighting that war in part for Indian interests. (Stephen Cohen, India Abroad, November 21, 2008
To fight Indian war in Afghanistan, America rented Pakistani butchers. Butchery of Pushtoons must stop. They are the last hope of the Muslim World. [The US & Canadian Muslims News Source].