How about wiping Afghanistan out of the map?

The strongest option being proposed to an anticipated “Policy Review” in December in Washington is the partition of Afghanistan into “Talibanistan” and “Warlordistan” along certain ethno-geographic lines.

As armed violence, corruption and political crisis mount in Afghanistan an increasingly vexing question is gaining more weight in Europe and US: How to cut short?

Peace-making with the Taliban has not given fruit, as has the overwhelming use of military force to eradicate them, so a new solution formula has been initiated by a former US official, Robert Blackwell: Let’s divide Afghanistan!

Blackwell and other people who back his proposal are not concerned about Afghans and their country.

They want an immediate end to US’s spending in Afghanistan. War is unaffordable – allegedly costing over US$100 billion to US alone – and Afghanistan has no oil. In fact, they want to say:
“Sorry Taliban, we’re running out of money to buy bullets and kill you!”

In 2005, when Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad suggested that Israel should be wiped out of the Middle East map in order to end a long-standing regional conflict, he was globally condemned and labeled as insane. Even George W. Bush refused Ahmadinejad’s challenge for a debate on the issue, and no foreign journalist dared to request an interview and question his philosophy.

However, Mr. Blackwell was invited to London this week to lecture a large group of British officials, journalists and writers. His blunders are well-reported by almost all major US and British media outlets. And this is no double standard – ignoring Ahmadinejad, reporting Blackwell – simply because no one can question Israel but Afghanistan, off course, is an open-to-all lab.

In case the new states of Talibanisation and Warlordistan do not live in peace and pose threats why not go one step ahead and eradicate both, or indeed the one Afghanistan, by a few nuclear bombs?

Off course every effort will be made to only target the Taliban and avoid civilian casualties.