Le lieutenant g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’U.S. Army Karl Eikenberry, commandant les forces US en Afghanistan, va quitter son poste en janvier. Il a dispens\u00e9 \u00e0 ces hommes, lors d’une tourn\u00e9e d’adieu, diverses consid\u00e9rations sur la situation et les perspectives dans le pays, o\u00f9 l’OTAN (avec sa force ISAF) assure l’essentiel des combats contre les divers groupes de r\u00e9sistance et d’insurrection g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement regroup\u00e9s sous le vocable un peu abusif de talibans. (Le rempla\u00e7ant de Eikenberry, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Dan McNeill, prendra le commandement de l’ISAF, en plus du commandement des forces US. Il remplacera le Britannique Richards \u00e0 la t\u00eate de l’ISAF.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\tLe discours de Eikenberry, rapport\u00e9 par AP<\/a>, est contrast\u00e9, voire paradoxal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t D’une part, il annonce que les combats vont augmenter en intensit\u00e9 en 2007, par rapport \u00e0 2006. \u00ab[Eikenberry] said he expects militants early in 2007 to attack border security posts, to extend their use of suicide bombs and to launch assault on district centres in groups of 25 to 100 fighters.<\/em> [] When asked if that was in comparison to 2006, he said: We should not be surprised by levels of fighting in parts of southern Afghanistan that rivalled what we saw last year I anticipate higher levels of fighting.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t D’autre part, il affirme que cette augmentation des combats n’inqui\u00e8te en aucune fa\u00e7on l’OTAN, bien au contraire, qu’elle appara\u00eet m\u00eame n\u00e9gligeable au regard des capacit\u00e9s de l’OTAN. \u00abBut Eikenberry said none of the Taliban’s efforts would provide a significant military challenge for U.S., NATO and Afghan forces, which he said have improved greatly in the past year. The capability exists for that array of allied and Afghan forces to dominate militarily wherever they move to, he said.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tLe paradoxe du sens du discours de Eikenberry est que toutes les indications sur les combats de l’OTAN dans la zone sud de l’Afghanistan en 2006, particuli\u00e8rement durant la p\u00e9riode ao\u00fbt-d\u00e9cembre 2006, ont montr\u00e9 une ISAF de plus en plus en difficult\u00e9s (jusqu’\u00e0 justifier des appels urgents de renforts qui n’ont gu\u00e8re soulev\u00e9 d’enthousiasme), et la d\u00e9monstration de l’inadaptation coimpl\u00e8te de cette force aux combat qui lui \u00e9taient impos\u00e9s. Peut-\u00eatre l’analyse du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral am\u00e9ricain rel\u00e8ve-t-elle du comportement, \u00e9galement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, de la plupart des officiers sup\u00e9rieurs am\u00e9ricains, en Afghanistan et en Irak notamment, tel qu’il est relev\u00e9 par l’un des signataires de l’Appel of Redress<\/a>. L’extrait de l’article de The Nation<\/a> concernant cet appel, qui est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ci-dessous, cite un major de l’U.S. Army d\u00e9sign\u00e9 comme le major Franks par souci d’anonymat, actuellement en service en Irak.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abI proudly joined the Appeal for Redress out of the sense of hopelessness that I had inside for what we are actually doing here, he says. He’s angry with both the Bush Administration and the top brass in Iraq. They sit behind their desks in the Green Zone and filter reports to their bosses. No one wants to admit that we are failing. Frank says he’s quite open about his views, and finds overwhelming support for them among his fellow soldiers. Yes, yes, yes, he says, My entire team feels the same way I do. And the other battalion [trainers] that I have come across feel that way, including my commanders…. In fact, I have not had one person in the last five months disagree with me. The typical response is, I know what you mean.’<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 31 d\u00e9cembre 2006 \u00e0 09H38<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Le lieutenant g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’U.S. Army Karl Eikenberry, commandant les forces US en Afghanistan, va quitter son poste en janvier. 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