The Greens are nutters and none more-so that Pol Pot fan Keith Locke.
The Green Party has renewed calls to withdraw New Zealand’s elite troops from Afghanistan following reports they are involved in capturing prisoners who are then handed over to regimes which could torture them.
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp yesterday said the Special Air Service (SAS) worked with Afghanistan’s Crisis Response Unit to capture insurgents.
“It’s likely some are [transferred to the Afghan National Directorate of Security], yes,” he told the Sunday Star Times.
The British military has been banned from handing prisoners to the directorate as it is so notorious for torture.Mr Locke said the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) had to share responsibility for what happened to insurgents it captured.
“Now that Defence Minister Wayne Mapp has admitted that it is likely that some of the prisoners have been transferred to the National Directorate, New Zealand can’t wash its hands of any subsequent abusive treatment,” he said.
“The latest revelations strengthen the Green case for withdrawal of our SAS unit from Afghanistan.
Our SAS troops are soldiers not prison guards. Who, exactly, does Keith Locke propose to give these insurgents to once caught?
I think this can be solved rather simply by issuing orders to the SAS for no prisoners. End. Of. Problem.
The Greens and Keith Locke are dangerous tossers, their idea of peace and prosperity for Afghanistan wavers like Phil Goff between cut and run to catch and release for insurgents.
If Keith Locke proposes a catch and release programme, might I suggest we adopt the US Navy’s highly acclaimed model. Recidivism is said to be zero.
Catch and Release of Taliban insurgents
