from evil to madness in the name of freedom

Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria .....

Already in 1988, when the still existing Soviet Union gave up the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan, there was great enthusiasm in the United States and amongst NATO member states to have replaced a brutal dictatorship (with Soviet backrest) by a completely unmanageable chaos of more or less fanatical, criminal and internal warring fractions - everything from local tribal leaders to drug-funded Islamist fighters (who later came to represent the seeds of Al-Qaeda)
But except from the Afghan dictatorship which had bet on the wrong horse, most brutal dictators in the Islamic part of the world were allowed to continue - even after the fall of the Soviet Union.

First, Bush II (George Walker Bush) took freedom as his main agenda for foreign politics and started a new crusade against unfriendly minded dictatorships - after (probably) Al-Qaeda had attacked the United States using hijacked airliners.

As the Taliban directly brayed about giving shelter to Al-Qaeda, driving the Taliban out of Afghanistan was quite reasonable.Worse it was however, as Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein, who already had been seriously punished by Bush I (George Herbert Walker Bush) after the attack on Kuwait, now not only was to be thrown from power but also to be killed, in the shelter of the excitement over the apparently swift victory over the Taliban in Afghanistan. Although Saddam Hussein nothing had to do with the attack on the World Trade Center or Al Qaeda, this horrid dictator was the first in a series of men who were removed from power – after the US partly had supported them in the past, like Saddam Hussein himself. (Among others TheWashington Post believes that son George was to avenge father George,as Saddam Hussein had tried to get Bush I assassinated: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/timeline/062793.htm)

After Saddam was hanged, the powerful longtime dictators in the Islamic world began to falter under the pressure of a chaotic mix of popular rebellion caused by dissatisfaction with economic conditions, increased religious fanaticism and ethnic conflicts - accompanied by strong support for the insurgency from the West. Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was bombed from power by NATO warplanes (the Danish F16 taking part had the assignment to hit Gaddafi himself, but did not succeed)

 - since Syria's Bashar Al-Assad has come under severe pressure from also Western-backed rebel groups.Egypt had its revolution which at the moment is rolled back by a new dictator.

Meanwhile Iraq is currently transformed into a Afghan-style political, religious and ethnic chaos of - with oil wells beneath it all ... 

The fact that Denmark under Bush II's good friend Anders Fogh Rasmussen was involved in many of these chaos-promoting measures, has apparently not resulted in deeper reflection by Western leaders (Denmark included).

In a sad look back at the aforementioned disasters that Denmark has contributed actively to, with some cynical calculation one might hope to that Russias / Putin's aggressive foreign policy will guide NATO and thus Denmark back to a more locally oriented "Home Guard project" which will hopefully understand its limitations better than the global "freedom agenda" which did not bring lasting freedom - only lasting chaos for millions of people who can not escape neither their dictators, nor local warlords, crazed mullahs or local criminal gang leaders ...

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Afghanistan, Irak, Libyen, Syrien …..

Allerede i 1988 da den endnu eksisterende Sovjetunion opgav kampen mod Taleban i Afghanistan var der stor begejstring i USA og NATO-landene over at have erstattet et brutalt diktatur (med sovjetisk rygstøtte) med et helt uoverskueligt kaos af mere eller mindre fanatiske, kriminelle og i hvert fald indbyrdes stridende grupperinger – alt fra lokale stammeledere til narkofinansierede islamistiske krigere (som siden kom til at udgøre kimen til Al-Qaeda)

Men bortset fra fra den afghanske diktatur som havde satset på den forkerte hest fik de fleste andre brutale diktatorer i den islamiske del af verden lov til at fortsætte – også efter Sovjetunionen fald.

Først Bush II (George Walker Bush) skrev friheden på sine faner 
og startede det nye korstog mod uvenligt sindede diktaturer – efter (sandsynligvis) Al-Qaeda havde angrebet selve USA ved hjælp af kaprede passagerfly.

At Taleban som direkte skrydede med at give husly til Al-Qaeda skulle fordrives fra Afghanistan var en del ræson i.

Værre blev det dog, da Iraks diktator, som allerede have fået en alvorlig afklapsning af Bush I (George Herbert Walker Bush) efter overfaldet på Kuwait, nu ikke alene skulle afsættes men også slås ihjel, i ly af den begejstring som den tilsyneladende hurtige sejr over Taleban i Afghanistan  havde fremkald. Selvom Saddam Hussein så godt som intet havde at gøre med angrebet på World Trade Center m.m. var denne fæle diktator den første i en række af mænd som skulle fjernes fra magten – som man til dels havde hold hånden under førhen, ligesom Saddam Hussein selv. (Bl.a. The Washington Post mener at sønnen George skulle hævne faderen George, som Saddam Hussein skulle have forsøgt at få likvideret via et attentat - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/timeline/062793.htm )

Efter Saddam var lagt i graven begyndte stolen under de magtfulde mangeårige diktatorer i den islamiske verden at vakle under presset fra en kaotisk blanding af folkelige oprør p.g.a. utilfredshed med de økonomiske forhold, øget religiøs fanatisme og etniske konflikter  – akkompagneret af kraftig opbakning til disse oprør fra Vesten. Libyens diktator Muammar Gaddafi blev bombet fra magten af bl.a. danske krigsfly – siden er Syriens Bashar Al-Assad kommet under alvorlig pres fra ligeledes vestligt støttede oprørsgrupper.

Egypten har haft sin revolution som lige for tiden bliver rullet tilbage af en ny diktator.

Alt imens forvandles Irak for tiden til et politisk, religiøst og etnisk kaos af afghansk tilsnit - med oliekilderne under det hele...

At Danmark under Bush II's gode ven Anders Fogh Rasmussen blev involveret i mange af disse kaosfremmende tiltag har tilsyneladende ikke givet anledning til dybere eftertanke hos magthaverne herhjemme.

Med en vis kynisk kalkule kunne man ved et trist tilbageblik på ovennævnte katastrofer, som Danmark har bidraget aktiv til, håbe at Ruslands /Putins aggressive udenrigspolitik får NATO og dermed Danmark tilbage til et mere lokalt orienteret ”hjemmeværnsprojekt” som forhåbentlig forstår sine begrænsninger bedre end den globale ”freedom agenda” som ikke bragte varig frihed – kun varigt kaos til mange millioner mennesker som ikke kan unddrage sig hverken deres diktatorer, de lokale krigsherrer, forrykte mullaher eller de lokale kriminelle bandeledere...