Khaled Al Sharif

[Translated by Kirsten Beck (Original article in Arabic)]

The financial crisis and economic destruction afflicting the United States of America is about to blow her away. It's natural that Bush's imperialistic policy resulted in plunging into crusade-like wars against the Arab and Islamic world--a policy that inflicted a heavy financial burden upon the extremist U.S. administration in order to finance unjustified wars of intolerance and hatred in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the others; a policy that cost the U.S. Treasury 60 trillion dollars and that, in spite of all the financing, caused a huge economic disaster, the extent of which, beyond the certain defeat of the U.S. and NATO in Afghanistan, is unknown to anyone but God.

A recent preliminary strategy report confirmed that NATO and the United States will lose the war in Afghanistan, like what happened with the Soviet Union in the 80s of the last century and the British Empire in the 19th century. In a report by the strategic thinker Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, titled "Losing the Afghan-Pakistani War? The Rising Threat," Cordesman confirmed that the influence of the occupation forces is declining in Afghanistan, while the influence of Islamic resistance forces is increasing, providing proof and evidence backing up his findings.

The report indicates that the next U.S. president "will face a critical challenge in dealing with a war that is probably being lost at the political and strategic level, and is not being won at the tactical level." Strangely enough, the CIA itself agreed with NATO's strategic leaders and leader of the occupation forces in Afghanistan General David McKiernan, that the war in Afghanistan--up until the present time--is moving toward real defeat.

It's surprising that the people of a poor country like Afghanistan, who can't find a piece of bread, were not deceived by American slogans and her false democracy and went to join in the ranks of the resistance. This resistance increased its rate of attacks against the occupying forces, and the Afghan government forces supporting them, about 30% by the end of September 2008, compared to the end of September 2007.

It seems clear that there are three main axes affecting the situation in Afghanistan, motivating this high growth rate of the resistance over time. The first is the eagerness of the Afghan Islamic Resistance, the use of the Taliban movement as a model, and the movement's development of the resistance's actions against the occupying forces. The second axis is represented by the bad policies and strategies pursued by the U.S. and NATO forces in the beating and arrest of Afghan civilians, the lack of real development of Afghanistan, and the evaporation of the American promise to rebuild Afghanistan. And finally there is the deteriorating security situation in the region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which is considered the focus of support for the Islamic resistance in Afghanistan.

Karzai, the president at the start of the occupation, lost all available resources that might have allowed him to gain the confidence of his people who are collapsing under the yoke of the occupation, suffering from bloody crimes committed against them on a daily basis. Instead of trying to remedy this strategic error and act decisively and practically, Washington failed to fulfill promises it made to itself: to improve the living conditions of the Afghan people and to help in building the economy.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, previously stated that America would suffer a defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan worse than her defeat in Vietnam. She confirmed that Bush tarnished the U.S.' reputation throughout the world after occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and by continuing to intervene in the internal affairs of Middle Eastern countries.

America learned that the small people, unable to confront her, will not greet her with hugs and kisses when she comes to occupy their homes and loot their wealth. Instead, they will ferociously defend their land and heritage. Don't be shocked by the defeat of America (God does not fix the work of the wicked). And how wicked is America?! And how ill has she become?! And how haughtily has she shown off her power?! To the debit of the world. Therefore the inevitable end will be disastrous. And the consequence is an embarrassing defeat.

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