Karzai wasn't complaining when he was enjoying all that free money he was getting from the United States. I say pull out all troops and make that place a bombing range.
I have to agree, our interests are more important than any corruption in that drug lord infestation going on there. The opium trade has increased exponentially and their people are not represented by their government...hint. The society still puts women as second class, only it would be worse under Taliban guidance. We aren't there to look for Bin Laden any longer even though if we found him we'd take him, but we are there to support democracy where the people have the rights to control their destines. The mujaheddin were great warrior allies fighting oppression, but the Taliban are extreme and cannot be trusted or followed.
Remember a soldier killed in my son's company... PFC James Miller, 21, who died March 29th in Afghanistan.
Friends and Families of the Tomahawks,
On Wednesday 14 April 2010, 3:00pm at North Fort Chapel, JBLM, WA, the Rear Detachment of 4-23 IN Battalion will be holding a Memorial Ceremony to remember PFC James Miller.
Please join us as we pay tribute to this fine Soldier who has given his life while fighting in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pulling together all of the political, religious and social sects in Afghanistan into a cohesive group is not possible. Karzai needs to take what he can or step down.
If you want Afghanistan to succeed with Democracy, find a qualified woman to be the leader. Females have the most to gain upon success and the most to lose upon failure. The oppressive treatment of females under Taliban rule is second to none in modern times.
Are you on drugs--in a ruthlessly war lord patriarchal society--a woman in charge would guarantee total anarchy and she'd be dead within a year--even those who sympathize with the US would not follow her--it is against the Koran for a woman to "rule" or be in charge in a man's world--females are given rulership over a different world--that to done with raising kids and the household.
Since Afghanistan is an Islamic state--it is not likely they will disregard this tenet.
Karzai must be thinking about what the Taliban did to the stooge that the Russians installed. The Taliban strung him up on a soccer field goal post and he was tortured to death.
Nobody ever explained why the Bush Administration picked Karzai in the first place. Was he the only Afghan they knew...or what?
Karzai wasn't complaining when he was enjoying all that free money he was getting from the United States. I say pull out all troops and make that place a bombing range.
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The opium trade has increased exponentially and their people are not represented by their government...hint.
The society still puts women as second class, only it would be worse under Taliban guidance.
We aren't there to look for Bin Laden any longer even though if we found him we'd take him, but we are there to support democracy where the people have the rights to control their destines.
The mujaheddin were great warrior allies fighting oppression, but the Taliban are extreme and cannot be trusted or followed.
Friends and Families of the Tomahawks,
On Wednesday 14 April 2010, 3:00pm at North Fort Chapel, JBLM, WA, the Rear Detachment of 4-23 IN Battalion will be holding a Memorial Ceremony to remember PFC James Miller.
Please join us as we pay tribute to this fine Soldier who has given his life while fighting in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
V/R,
CPT XXXXXXXX
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13421
Since Afghanistan is an Islamic state--it is not likely they will disregard this tenet.
Nobody ever explained why the Bush Administration picked Karzai in the first place. Was he the only Afghan they knew...or what?
Karzai seems pretty useless as an ally to me.