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| 2002-09-06 |
Chris Durnell, at the Third Rail, notes:I'm sure everyone by now knows of the assassination attempt on Karzai. I'm just glad he's OK. Just a little while before head dirtbag Hekmatyar recorded a message for the Afghanis. Something tells me Hekmatyar's message for uprising was to coincide with the assassination of Karzai to make America look weak and feeble. It fits Al Qaeda's profile of killing resistance leaders before major strikes. While I do not think a successful assassination would mobilize Afghanis against the US, it would have given Hek the iniative in this next stage of the war.The declaration, the boom in the market, and a dead Karzai all in the same day would have been a devastating strike, making The Secret Army of Doom look formidable. Missing on El Presidente — and having the helpful Merkins ice the attempted snuffy on the spot — made them look like blowhards who blow up civilians and screw things up in general. This is not only the sort of tactics, but also the sort of competence, they would bring to any government they'd happen to impose — 'nother words, about what you'd expect from a bunch of Pashtuns. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 I know. I've been trying to figure that. He's so... atypical. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-09-06 16:44:42 |
| #4 I agree with your point,except "a bunch of Pashtuns".I think Karzai is a Pashtun--his hometown is Kandahar. |
| Posted by: Garland 2002-09-06 15:46:02 |
| #3 For further discussion of what's happenin see http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/ for the sept 6 article dorf |
| Posted by: dorf 2002-09-07 13:55:36 |
| #2 Fred: It looks like Hek is #1 on your skunk-list. |
| Posted by: Allah the Dog Faced God 2002-09-06 19:10:53 |
| #1 According to this, Karzai’s family owns restaurants in Baltimore, Cambridge, and San Francisco. In other reports I’ve seen he has five brothers and a sister right here in good old Vespucciland and they own the restaurants. According to this, Fred, his family has a place near you! The rest of the second article is interesting, especially considering the date (9/26/2001). Less that two months later, Hamid arrived back home accompanied by 40-50 Special Forces troops. Hmmm. Bush may not have been able to name the president of Pakistan during the campaign, but it looks like he ended up naming the president of Afghanistan, no? |
| Posted by: Mike Cakora 2002-09-06 18:50:08 |