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2011-10-23 Afghanistan

Afghanistan to back Pakistan if wars with U.S.: Karzai

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Posted by Steve White 2011-10-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 In light of this comment, shouldn't US & NATO forces now disarm and disband the ANA and the Afghan police?

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan aka Liberated Afghanistan is a sharia abomination whose only redeeming quality has been the passive nature of its hostility.

Since Afghanistan's leader now envisions active aggression against the West one would think the time has come to fundamentally reassess the situation.

Posted by Ebbairong Snutch3260 2011-10-23 09:32|| 2011-10-23 09:32|| Front Page Top

#2 The Islamic mind is ungrateful (when gratitude would be towards non-muslims) and incapable of doing things in their long term interests (because to them long-term is heaven).

We should pull out sooner rather than later. If their leader is willing to side with those that support the insurgency over those keeping them alive and in power then they are certainly not worth fighting for.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-10-23 11:02|| 2011-10-23 11:02|| Front Page Top

#3 IIRC, the purpose of invading Afghanistan was to deny terrorists a base for training and operations. Then GWB decided to add nation building.

Karzai is hedging his bets with a bit of propaganda to the rubes. Does not matter. When the US leaves, Karzai will be killed by the rubes.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2011-10-23 14:57|| 2011-10-23 14:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I hope it's televised. I hate backstabbers

Posted by Frank G 2011-10-23 15:01|| 2011-10-23 15:01|| Front Page Top

#5 the purpose of invading Afghanistan was to deny terrorists a base for training and operations. Then GWB decided to add nation building.
True, but only to a degree. Denying the terrorists their Afghan base involved continuing military presence of infidel foreigners, and that presence matched the only factor which has consistently united Afghans for centuries. The only foreign armed presence Afghans as a whole will tolerate are jihadis.
So Bush had 2 basic choices: (1) a massive, long lasting, extremely expensive military ground presence in the 'Stan -- matching its post WWII occupation of Germany, but with more suicide kabooms & continuing losses of GIs, something the US electorate will not tolerate or (2) "nation building," a truly forlorn hope, but it bought time (as long as enough Afghan leaders could be 'bought').
An imperial solution might have been to send Muslim forces from nearby countries to do the occupation work / bloodgiving / bloodletting, but there seems to be a shortage of Muslims willing to do this and a lack of imperial will on the part of the USA.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-23 16:06|| 2011-10-23 16:06|| Front Page Top

#6 How is it that this guy is still alive?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-10-23 19:46|| 2011-10-23 19:46|| Front Page Top

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