Former Afghanistan Commander Warns Against Accepting Many Local Staff: ‘THEY DESPISE US”

“There may be exceptions. Only: I haven’t met them.”

And Biden is bringing them here. HERE.

And this is not rocket science, by any means. How many of our heroes did we lose to “insider attacks”?

Translation of this article from The Express:

Former Afghanistan commander warns against accepting many local staff: They despise us

Retired Colonel Thomas Sarholz from the Bundeswehr does not believe in the common media view of local staff in Afghanistan. They only come here because of the higher standard of living. “Inwardly these people despise us”. And: “It was worth it for her to work for us.”

By: Express Editorial Staff , 27 August 2021:

The acceptance of former Afghan local staff is currently required in many places. Dr. Thomas Sarholz, retired colonel in the Bundeswehr, on the other hand, does not believe in undifferentiated help: “As far as the local staff is concerned, I have a different approach than that which is usually spread in the media.” His observation: “That these local staff are all now want to come to us does not surprise me; they had gained a very precise insight into our standard of living. Inwardly, these people despise us, which, for understandable reasons, they will of course never admit. You want to achieve something: Germany, a magnet for affluence. ”

“Unselfishness was the last thing that drove these people to work for us.”

Sarholz himself was sent to Afghanistan as a soldier in the German Armed Forces: In 2005 and 2006 he was in command of Camp Warehouse in Kabul, the largest international camp at the time with around 2,400 soldiers from more than 20 nations. In this role he also had local staff. “These young men knew exactly the situation in the society around them. Unselfishness was the last thing that got these people going to work for us. These romantic idealizing ideas are unknown there or meet with complete incomprehension. Life is far too hard to deal with this kind of affluence drivel, ”he emphasized in a letter to the editor to the German daily FAZ.

The local workers were rewarded princely by Afghan standards and, according to Sarholz, were also treated well. As a matter of course they took part in the “excellent” lunch. “The soldiers of the German contingent usually gave them clothes, shoes and so on when they changed contingents. I signed dozens of so-called removal certificates so that these gifts were not taken from them when they were checked at the guard. ”

Some local staff had to provide information – including to the Taliban, who knew exactly what was going on

For the retired colonel, one thing is certain: “So it was worth working for us.” What you need to know: “An Afghan is defined exclusively by his family or tribal affiliation, individualism is unknown.” If they belonged to strong clans, “they also benefited from it and protected these people.”

If the local staff are members of weaker groups, other locals also benefit from their work. Even the Taliban could profit from it. Because here “protection money payments were due in order not to be killed. In addition, information had to be provided. The Taliban or similar groups were thus informed in detail about our numbers, equipment, and possibly even about our intentions. ”

“There may be exceptions. Only: I haven’t met them.”

The Bundeswehr also had to react to this. “My two German soldiers, who supported me in running the camp, were instructed accordingly and warned to be careful when passing on information.”

With a view to the question of whether there were also local workers with more respect and less contempt for the foreign troops, Sarholzr concludes: “I do not want to fail to recognize that there may be exceptions. Only: I did not meet them. But maybe I was and am blind. With the latter, however, when I look at the reports on the collapse of the political order in Afghanistan promoted by the western states, I find myself in good company. “

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