Comments for Religion Must Be Part of the Solution in Afghanistan by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf at http://www.planetarymovement.org , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.planetarymovement.org Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:47:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.planetarymovement.org/go/religion-%26-faith/religion-must-be-part-of-the-solution-in-afghanistan-by-imam-feisal-abdul-rauf/#pc_498 hello i concur completely....it must include the SPIRITUAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC areas in ALL countries..... the general is correct....they must be sensitive to the culture they war in....we did not do that in Vietnam...but that war was primarily for profit only... this war is more important and not for profit but for our culture and western civilization..... they will NOT be able to impose Christianity on the Muslems...they know how corrupt Christianity and Catholicism is.... they are equalliy courrupt and evil love and light ...is the answer.. joe - joe t Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:34:56 +0100 http://www.planetarymovement.org/go/religion-%26-faith/religion-must-be-part-of-the-solution-in-afghanistan-by-imam-feisal-abdul-rauf/#pc_497 It really is amazing that it has taken this long for someone to state the blindingly obvious truth. To stabilise a Muslim nation you really could do with the help of other Muslim nations. Every non-Muslim trespasser nation in Afghanistan has lived to regret their visit. Let's have no more famous paintings of one white man on a horse fleeing defeat. The only difficulty is getting the correct intelligent Imans and moderate Islamic politicians engaged with the Afghani leadership in a way that they can appreciate. My old school friend Captain Leo Docherty was a senior aide to the leader of the original UK Afghan mission. He described the overview very well back in a 2006 interview. -"The military is just one side of the triangle," he said. "Where were the Department for International Development and the Foreign Office?" As forces sat back with little to offer, the Taliban hit back and British troops there were bunkered up and under daily attack, he wrote. "Now the ground has been lost and all we're doing in places like Sangin is surviving," said Docherty. "It's completely barking mad." http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI30Df02.html We have largely lost our dubious moral position (which citizen cares whether they are killed by the Taliban or NATO?) and desperately need others with unbloodied hands and new perspectives to wade into the mess we have made. Is there hope for a nation that gave us the greatest Buddhists icons in the world and also blew them to pieces centuries later. Perhaps. Good luck to all involved I say. - Bruce Fenton Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:42:53 +0100