These powerful words appeared in a blog: The lies referred
to are those spun by Helen Clark and John Key.
....
“All
these lies were used to justify the longest ever deployment of New Zealand
troops overseas (12 years) by successive Labour and National governments. They
sent New Zealanders to risk their lives defending corrupt regimes run by
warlords and drug barons. This ended in tragedy for several New Zealand
soldiers along with tens of thousands of Afghani civilians and their families –
killed by foreign invaders which included New Zealand SAS troops.
We
were there because the US wanted us there to help support their plans for
economic and military global dominance.
So
we share a significant chunk of responsibility for the violence and chaos
resulting from the invasion and occupation
Our
troops behaved badly from the outset by handing over “suspects” they captured
to American forces who tortured and often murdered their captives and despite
the supposed bravery of our SAS troops their spineless leader Jerry
Mataparae (since appointed governor general and now High Commissioner in London)
never had the courage to insist on Geneva Convention treatment for people they
handed over to the US.
One
New Zealand SAS soldier was quoted as saying “we sort of knew what would happen
to the prisoners, Americans being Americans”.
If
any New Zealander has blood on their hands from Afghanistan it is Jerry
Mateparae.
The revelations in “Hit and Run” must be investigated by our government
so New Zealand can make some recompense for the tragedy of our involvement in
Afghanistan.
Facing
up is the first step.
After reading the above you might like to consider the rapid
rise and rise of the then Defence Chief Jerry
Mataparae,[pictured] he became the boss of the GCSB but resigned after
a very short period so that John Key could move his friend and school mate Ian Fletcher in to the role so
as to carry out mass surveillance processes against New Zealanders.
Then good old Jerry became Governor General and now he is
the High Commissioner in London. Is this simply accidental, or was it planned
after the events of the village revenge raids in Afghanistan which have now
made the headlines because of the investigative abilities of both Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson.
We know that
when the then Minister of Defence Wayne
Mapp phoned the PM to get consent for the raid that General [Mataparae]
was present.
The Book Hit and Run states that Mataparae was present in
the operations control centre and observed the whole event as it took place…if
he knew what actually took place and assisted the SAS and Defence to instigate a
cover-up operation, this would or could give him a sure pathway to future employment
prospects. By the same token it would give the PM a tool by which to manipulate
the Defence Force Chief.
This of course may not have
This is a question worth asking in all seriousness because it leads to other questions.
It is often said, that one lie leads to another lie. I
wonder if that was the case. That thought grows stronger when one considers
that Key resigned around the same time as Mataparae was appointed as High
Commissioner to London.
Maybe it was just a lucky break for good old tough guy Jerry
Mataparae boss of the SAS and simply he was innocently moved around by the then
PM to suit his strategic goals…who knows but it has a ring to it. If true it
has a very disturbing echo to it. It stinks of rewarding unbecoming behaviour,
manipulation of the worst kind. I hope it’s not true. Honour is not simply a
word, it’s an behaviour.
The Americans once had a President who said, “I’m not a
Crook”, the American didn’t believe him and threw him on the scrap heap of
history.
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