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| Afghanistan: Taliban tells Obama to abandon 'war politics' |
| 2009-01-22 |
| (AKI) - Despite a surge in militant attacks in Afghanistan, the Taliban has appealed to US President Barack Obama to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in war-torn Afghanistan."We ask the new American president Barack Obama to choose a new route, different than war, to find a solution to the crisis in Afghanistan," said Afghan Taliban spokesman Dabihullah Mujahid during a telephone interview with Arab TV network Al-Jazeera. "The new American administration must work to improve their image in the eyes of the world, which no longer respects it due to the policies of former president George W. Bush. "An eventual increase in foreign troops in our country would mean the increase of political tensions, because the only way to arrive at a solution of the crisis is to end the foreign occupation," said Mujahid. The war in Afghanistan is certain be one of Obama's toughest challenges as president. Obama could meet with top commanders as early as Wednesday to reassess the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has pledged a new focus in Afghanistan, telling Afghan president Hamid Karzai he wants to bring security to the region. Obama is expected to send up to 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan this year to help in the fight against a resurgent Taliban which was ousted from power in December 2001. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Obama has given them the impression that he's gonna "change" things so now all these third world thugs think they can tell the President of the United States what to do. They would have known better if McCain or any Republican had been elected. But now they think they can. The Castro brothers think Obama is a "good man". QDaffy tells him to make peace with bin Laden. Only Hugo has been disappointed so far. But all of them will either be bitterly disappointed or else our security will be compromised because Obama is starting out with a very bad set of expectations. His first mistake was in not making it clear during the campaign that people like the Castros, QDaffy, Achmadinejad, bin Laden and Hugo can all just FOAD. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-01-22 15:23 |
| #2 Looks like everybody in the big international card game thinks they've found a mark... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-22 14:40 |
| #1 Would you be in this situation if you had turned over OBL when first asked? You'd still be in charge in Afghanistan. Time for you to abandon OBL. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-22 09:21 |