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| Afghan officials skeptical as U.S. mulls complete withdrawal |
| 2013-07-10 |
[REUTERS] The United States is considering pulling out all its troops from Afghanistan next year but is far from making a decision, White House and Pentagon officials said on Tuesday, but Afghan officials expressed skepticism that President Barack Obama...I am not a dictator! would back a complete withdrawal. Amid tensions between Obama and Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... on the path forward, White House front man Jay Carney told news hounds that a "zero option" of leaving no U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is among the policy possibilities under consideration. "This is not a decision that is imminent," Carney said. Obama is committed to winding down U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan by the end of 2014. The United States has been talking with officials in Afghanistan about keeping a small residual force there of perhaps 8,000 troops after 2014. At the Pentagon, front man George Little played down friction with Karzai and expressed confidence that there was still "plenty of time and space" to negotiate a bilateral security pact allowing for U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan. Karzai suspended talks on that pact in June, accusing Washington of mixed messages regarding peace talks with the Taliban. It was among the latest signs of deep tensions between U.S. officials and the Afghan leader. A June 27 video conference between Obama and Karzai aimed at lowering tensions was confrontational, officials said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Kabul is very likely dead on, as per ... * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US HAS NO PLANS TO REDUCE TIES WID PAKISTAN. versus * SAME > FORMER ISI CHIEF: HIDING OSAMA A "VICTORY", for Pakistan + Islam. Wehell, thats one way to N-O-T inspire the US Congress to send $$$ + aid to Pakland during + after 2014. versus * TOPIX > [NewsKerala] EXPERTS SAY "IN SHAMBLES PAKISTAN CLOSE TO BEING A "FAILED STATE" FOLLOWING DAMNING OSAMA OP REPORT. The US priority remains keeping Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, etc. NucTechs out of the hands of Regional, Global Jihad-happy Hard Boyz + aligned. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-07-10 22:46 |
| #1 “‘I am not a dictator!’”... Damn close, and you think you are. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-07-10 00:22 |