Does U.S. support for the Afghan president really make sense? »
Posted By berkeley 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political OpinionFifty-nine Americans died in October fighting to protect the corrupt Afghan electoral process that resulted in a second five-year term for Hamid Karzai. Since July and the run-up to the August election, 195 Americans were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded, a higher casualty rate than during the 2007 military "surge" in Iraq. A principal purpose cited by President Obama for sending 17,000 more combat troops to Afghanistan earlier this year was to protect the election, which, according to most observers, Karzai stole.
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If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public ...
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gamahuche1 month, 2 weeks ago
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This is the choice facing Obama: Whether to send more Americans to their graves in support of Hamid Karzai while at the same time blocking the emergent quest for peace negotiations in Afghanistan.
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If any political situation in the world looks like being between a rock and a hard place its Afghanistan.
Nonetheless all the necessary evidence is available. All that the policy-makers and military leaders need to do is to have a nice friendly chat with their somewhat older Russian counterparts and they'll learn that no war in Afghanistan will EVER be won by an outside power and that all the treasure, manpower, equipment in the world is not going to bring a stable peace of a kind that Western democracy will find desirable or acceptable. Even labelling Al Quaeda/Taliban as the enemy to be defeated is nothing more than a distraction. If it wasn't them it would be - and probably WILL be some other warlords depending how far off into the distant horizon you may wish to speculate. -
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blowback1 month, 1 week ago
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Karzai has become the scapegoat.
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> In 1989, German essayist Hans Magnus Enzensberger wrote of the need for a "new kind of hero," not one who spills blood to save a reputation but one brilliant at withdrawing from untenable situations of their own making.
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Hobe1 month, 1 week ago
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American Men and Women should Not DIE for these Islamic NUTS..
King Boroc Husaine seems to have a hard time dealing with the Islamic Culture.. He also does not seem to Friendly with Israel.
Too Bad, he is in a Very powerful Position That may be way above his head.
Good Talker Though...
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