'It's gonna escalate in Iraq and Afghanistan'
He had warned of a war in Afghanistan. And he had warned not to invade Iraq before Taliban and Al Qaida had been removed completely from the Hindukush mountains.
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He had warned of a war in Afghanistan. And he had warned not to invade Iraq before Taliban and Al Qaida had been removed completely from the Hindukush mountains. Otherwise, "there will be a real mess there". Now, his warnings have all come true. Tom Carew (51), a former member of the British SAS (Special Air Services) and author of the book Jihad! - The Secret War in Afghanistan, is not happy to be right. In an interview with Dr. Rene Gralla and Peter Orzechowski in Antwerp, he points out various options to end the guerrilla wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dr. Rene Gralla and Peter Orzechowski: The U.S. forces are under attack almost daily between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers and between Kabul and Kandahar. How could that happen after the two blitzes against Iraq and Afghanistan?
Tom Carew:
You have trained the mujahideen against the Soviets in the eighties in Afghanistan, you know the country and the people: what goes wrong there?
So, what should the GIs do in Afghanistan?
You just mentioned the Taliban. Public opinion doesn't consider them a threat any more - two years after the fall of their rule.
That sounds very pessimistic. Shouldn't the Afghans be happy to be freed from the terror-regime of the Taliban?
You mean, they are hostile even against the Isaf peacekeepers who are there to keep Kabul safe?
Is this also true for the Iraqi people? Is Iraq another Afghanistan?
Everybody can imagine that there is a guerrilla war in Afghanistan with all its mountains and caves. But how is it possible to fight this kind of covert war in a flat country where you can see for miles?
How can the U.S. win this guerrilla war?
Like in Falludsha, West of Baghdad, where U.S. soldiers shot at a rally and killed 15 people?
Yours is quite a gloomy prognosis for Iraq, then?
Do you have an exit-strategy for Afghanistan?
Sounds a little bit like Vietnam
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