All This Rioting is Your Fault

All this rioting is the fault of people who are criticizing the apology. You/We are inflaming those people who are so backassword or unemployed that they think this rioting is going to instill respect for Islam and the Koran. Somehow.

In the meantime those in charge are actually admitting that the two days that have lapsed since having their men shot by their Afghan counterparts has NOT increased the level of trust between the two groups. Imagine.

U.S. officials acknowledged that tensions remain high in Kabul and that distrust has not dissipated since last weekend’s killing of two U.S. military officers inside the Afghan Interior Ministry, apparently by a rogue Afghan security officer.

And that apology? Apparently too insincere for the rioters. But really, what do they expect? Per Allapundit at Hot air:

As always when the world scrambles to condemn an affront to Islam, the urgency is driven not by “sensitivity” but by fear that innocents will start dying if proper respect isn’t quickly paid. The fact that there have been so many apologies this time — one from the president, one from the top NATO commander, and one from a Pentagon official to Muslims in Washington — is ironically proof of how insincere it all is, a frantic means to the end of getting people to calm down already.

Here’s a question? We’re drawing down this year – 11 years after going in.

The fratricidal attacks have fueled suspicions at a vulnerable time for the U.S. military and NATO, which are trying to partner more closely with Afghan security forces so they can take over responsibility for the war against the Taliban and other insurgents. Former U.S. officials and analysts have said the consequences of an erosion of confidence in the U.S.-Afghan partnership could be devastating for NATO’s strategy to end combat operations by the end of 2014.

Shouldn’t all this taking over of responsibility have been occurring over the last 11 years?! How long does it take to train an officer here? 4 years? Double that due to cultural differences/language barriers/local sensitivities and you’re at 8 years. That leaves 3 to sit back and see how they do and give critiques and let the people have their own country back while you continue to pound the Taliban.
Why is now the critical time for working together?

I wonder if part of the Afghan problem is just the problem of the teenager in college trying to get rid of his parents when being dropped off. Go already – I’m grown up enough.

We can’t leave now or we’re just running from a riot and the next one will just be bigger. But for crying out loud either give the country back or take the whole thing over. They’ve been having elections for years now.