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| Hamid Karzai says U.S.-Afghan relationship 'has been at a low point for a long time' |
| 2014-03-03 |
| WaPo: Key excerpts from comments Afghan President Hamid Karzai made in a March 1 interview with The Washington Post. "The relationship has been at a low point for a long time, at least since 2007, as far as Afghanistan is concerned and the Afghan president is concerned. It began to deteriorate with the civilian casualties and the neglectful attitude toward my complaints about it. In 2007, we had the most serious incident of civilian casualties in Herat province of Afghanistan, when things turned very difficult between us, and since then it has not recovered. "Of course, there other issues as well, secondary to civilian casualties. The private security firms, the parallel government structures, the contracts given to people, to individuals, causing corruption. And, of course, in a deeper way, reflecting a deeper lack of agreement between us, the way the so-called war on terror was fought. The sanctuaries were left alone outside Afghanistan and Pakistan." "If you pay attention to the statements of U.S. officials and leaders, they say 'America's war, America's war,' they never say Afghanistan's war. So the purpose was American, and for that American purpose, or larger Western purpose, they came to Afghanistan. We the Afghans found common ground in that purpose. "The common ground was that both of us wanted to be free of terrorism and extremism and to be secure and stable." Judging by behavior and not by words, Afghans really just want to live free of armed foreign infidels. That seems to be the only unifying principle in a disunited country more virtual than real. Armed terrorists who claim to be Muslims have been (and will continue) OK with them. Karzai is little more than the mayor of Kabul. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #2 Hamid Karzai says U.S.-Afghan relationship 'has been at a low point for a long time' Since September 2001 if I recall. Any improvement was delusions on the part of people that think everyone really does think like us. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-03-03 12:54 |
| #1 Hamid Karzai says U.S.- FIFY. Thems the people who believe they should run everyone else's business while robbing them blind. Should have just armed the Northern Alliance (non-Pashtun) to the teeth and let'm loose. Would have been cheaper and easier in the long run. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-03 09:09 |