2014 déc. 27
Frise ou prise ?
17:06 - Par Gauhar - Saison 10 - Lien permanent
Comme pour donner du goût à la cuisine sécuritaire du moment - illustrée par
les jolies frises de T-walls qui se trimbalent dans la ville vers les
lieux à transformer en bunkers - les medias décortiquent la nouvelle
mission de l'OTAN en Afghanistan et assaisonnent celle qui se termine. Une
certaine Svetlana de l'agence Sputnik - ça ne s'invente pas et frise le bobard
- m'a adressé depuis Moscou une liste de questions avec demande de
commentaires... Menu fretin je suis, mais prise tout de même.
Quitte à passer à la moulinette de la guerre de l'information, ma contribution
est aussi bien ici dans sa saveur originelle et je vous la livre donc en
primeur...: As was previously proved - and the Soviet army
experienced it in Afghanistan, no armed intervention can defeat an insurgency
with popular support. Although the Taliban are not well regarded by the Afghan
people - who remember their time in power - the insurgency
feeds on popular resentment. More than a decade of international focus on
state-building lacked tangible results for life improvements: power
outages are a daily curse; education is for a happy few; each individual relies
on its kin for emergency support.
The NATO operatives - with their obsession on terrorism - failed to
understand that Afghanistan is a margin area, a place on the world grid where
empires meet, overlap and fight. The people living here know that a central
state emerges with support from a faraway foreign power center, only to crumble
when its motivations and resources are exceeded by those of another power
center from another part of the planet. Living in this area implies a
never-ending security stress, reliance on strong survival skills and the
necessity to fight to defend one's kin. Every occurrence of 'collateral damage'
increases the insurgency by a whole family.
Making the world more secure would start with investing in development in
Afghanistan - profitable for all neighbouring countries - rather than in the
military - profitable only for one side's security concerns. It would start
with solving problems arising from imperial competition, such as the differing railway gauges on each border (Iranian, Russian, Chinese,
Indian). But world leaders find it easier to act tribal than to act in
cooperation.
Prise de vue pour prise de vue, je me suis livrée tout à l'heure à un exercice
sur chat et tapis persan(s), décohérencés ou non. Les préférez-vous en crise ou
en p(o)ause ? Cela a-t-il un rapport avec le sujet précédent ?