After jihad attack, German troops admit fears of partnering with Afghan soldiers
These troops are reacting to manifest realities, but they will probably be made the targets of “sensitivity training” by their politically correct, willfully ignorant superiors. “German Troops Admit Fears Over Partnering With Afghan Soldiers,” from German Radio, February 23 (thanks to JW):
The bodies of three German soldiers killed in northern Afghanistan last week by an Afghan colleague have been flown home. The attack has led to fears over the safety of ‘partnering’ German and Afghan soldiers.
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The three soldiers were flown back to Germany on Monday. They had been part of a partnering protect set up by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in which the Bundeswehr works closely with Afghan army and police units.
The soldier, from the Afghan National Army, opened fire on German troops inside a base in Baghlan province on Friday, killing the three soldiers and wounding six others. The shooting occurred as the soldiers were carrying out maintenance on a vehicle; the attacker had apparently been part of their group and entered the compound with the German soldiers.
The ISAF established the “partnering” strategy last year in an effort to prepare Afghans to take charge of security in their country after 2014. It called for joint patrols and jointly conducted missions against the Taliban.
It was the first time that German soldiers were targeted within the framework of ISAF’s partnering project. But several British and American military instructors have also been killed in Southern Afghanistan by members of Afghan security forces while on partnering operations over the past two years.
Worst attack on Bundeswehr in a year
The incident has shocked German troops in Afghanistan. Several German soldiers have been quoted anonymously on the Spiegel Online website as saying they were wary of their Afghan colleagues and no longer wanted to work with them. “We are expected to train them, but they regard us as infidels who shouldn’t be in their country in the first place,” said one soldier….
To minimize the obvious risk, Friesendorf said, prospective Afghan soldiers should be more carefully vetted before being given a uniform and, more importantly, a weapon….
But vetted for what? And how?
The German researcher pointed out that partnering also requires cultural sensitivity and understanding on the part of the international forces. He said it was different from simply being a combat soldier: “In Afghanistan, it is important to make sure that trainees do not lose face. That means if someone doesn’t know how to handle a weapon, or acts inappropriately, the partner should take that person aside and tell him, face to face, without his colleagues being able to overhear the conversation.”That might be asking too much. One German officer told Spiegel Online that he thought the partnership wouldn’t work. “The chemistry between them and us simply doesn’t work,” he said.
Training the Afghans is necessary and possible, he added. But rather than using soldiers from the West and America, it would be preferable if they were from countries where the cultural differences aren’t as great. “I am certain that Turkish soldiers would be better equipped,” he said….
And slightly more Islamic.
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Qur’an 5:51 “Believers, take not Jews and Christians for your friends. They are but friends and protectors to each other.”
Qur’an 8:30 “Remember how the unbelievers plotted against you (Muhammad). They plotted, and Allah too had arranged a plot; but Allah is the best schemer.”
Ishaq:323 “I am the best of plotters. I deceived them with My guile so that I delivered you from them.”
Ishaq:442 “By Muhammad’s order we beguiled them.”
Bukhari:V4B52N268 “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘War is deceit.’”
We’ve all learned that muslims can’t be trusted. Their loyalty is to islam & islam only. Many of our soldiers have been betrayed & killed by the Afghans they have trained. It is unwise to trust a muslim with a weapon in your midst. They need to stop training these traitors and they need to stop sacrificing our people for these ungrateful scum.