Onko Suomi sodassa?

Tuon kysymyksen vatvomiseen on käytetty runsaasti palstamillejä, ja sen toteamiseen, ettei ole, niin paljon taitoa kun senkertaisella pohdiskelijalla sattuu olemaan.

Joillakin on nyt kova tarve selittää tyyliin "ei tässä mitään sodassa olla", jotta pian Suomeen tulevat ruumispussit hyväksyttäisiin "rauhanoperaation" hintana ja sotapojat tapattaneiden johtajien vastuu näyttäisi keveämmältä.

Operaation vaaroja on samalla vähätelty ja niistä on osin vaiettu myös valtamediassa. Vasta nyt, kun arkkuja jo höylätään, on johtavien poliitikkojen taholta otettu kantaa ja uutisoitu myös riskeistä. Tuollainen on hyvin kaksinaamaista.

Tämä liittouman aiheuttamia ja kokemia tappiota seuraava sivusto kertoo varsin karusti sen, millaista sotaa Afganistanissa käydään.

Tässä näytteeksi eilisen uutissaldo. Vai pitäisikö sanoa "ruumissaldo". Se poikkeaa tavan mukaan melkoisesti Suomessa kerrotusta:

08/01/09 Reuters: Eight Taliban insurgents killed in Ghazni

Eight Taliban insurgents were killed and several wounded in an operation by Afghan and foreign troops in Ghazni''s Gilan district, Sherzai said.

08/01/09 Reuters: Six Taliban insurgentsm, two civilians detained in Ghazni

Six Taliban insurgents and two civilians were detained by Afghan and foreign troops after another operation in Ghazni''s Nawa district, Sherzai said.

08/01/09 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills three policemen in Baghlan province

A roadside bomb killed three policemen in the Dare Ghori district of northern Baghlan province, said senior officer Samuddin Kakar.

08/01/09 Reuters: Afghan police kill three insurgents in northern Kunduz province

Afghan police killed three insurgents and wounded 13 when their post was attacked in the Qale Zaal district of northern Kunduz province on Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. One wounded insurgent and four suspects were detained.

08/01/09 AFP: Afghan campaign worker attacked, guard killed

Gunmen opened fire Saturday on a campaign manager for Afghan President Hamid Karzai''s re-election bid, killing a guard, while one French and three US soldiers died in other insurgent attacks, officials said.

08/01/09 AP: Afghan flees death by foot, air and flimsy boat

Two years ago, Ali Khosh Razaee bought his freedom. The price he paid was his brother. The brothers had fled Afghanistan for their lives, and a welder in neighboring Pakistan offered them a loan of $7,000 to be smuggled far from the region.

08/01/09 Bloomberg: French Soldier Killed in Afghanistan, Two Injured

A French soldier was killed and two others injured in a firefight with insurgents in Afghanistan, President Nicolas Sarkozy''s office said.

08/01/09 : DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (2 of 2)

Lance Cpl. Jonathan F. Stroud, 20, of Cashion, Okla...assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune...died July 30 of wounds suffered while supporting combat operations in Helmand province...