Better Afghans Fear US Pullout

According to this story in The New York Times, Afghans who helped the US are afraid of what will happen to them when we finally leave their country:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/world/asia/afghans-visas-us.html

Does this remind you of Vietnam?

The fate of "better Indians" has been more or less the same since at least the "Trail of Tears" days. The Cherokee Elias Boudinot was considered to be a traitor to his people after they were removed from Georgia because of the white man's lust for gold:

Boudinot believed that removal was inevitable and argued for a treaty to preserve Cherokee rights. He and other treaty supporters signed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835, but it was not signed by John Ross, the Principal Chief, and was opposed by most of the tribe. The following year the tribe was forced to cede most of its lands in the Southeast, and remove to the West.

After [his wife] Harriet died in 1836, Boudinot moved with his children to Indian Territory. He and three other Treaty Party leaders were assassinated in June 1839 by Cherokee opponents of removal, who believed it was a capital crime to alienate their homeland.

[You can read the rest at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Boudinot_(Cherokee)]

In the eyes of his people, the "better Indian" Boudinot was a traitor for helping the white man. By adopting the lifestyle of the white man, he had also become a "best Indian".

[For a definition of these terms, refer to http://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2013/05/still-seeking-very-best-indians.html]

The United States kills people who become traitors to our cause. Why should we expect other nations to be different in this regard?

People who help the US instead of helping their own people are fools. All the US wants is your resources, and once Uncle Sam gets what he wants he will throw you under the bus in a New York minute.

By the way, Elias Boudinot the Cherokee was named after Elias Boudinot the President of the Continental Congress of the US. Apparently his connection to a powerful white man ultimately did not help him at all.