Skeletons fall from Obama’s Afghan cupboard

[unhappycamper]

http://blogs.rediff.com/mkbhadrakumar/2013/12/11/skeletons-fall-from-obamas-afghan-cupboard/

Skeletons fall from Obama’s Afghan cupboard

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The ground beneath the feet is shifting rapidly. Karzai’s equations with the Obama administration have reached a point of no return. The Americans are confronting a similar fate as they faced in Iraq four years ago by failing to establish permanent military bases in Afghanistan. Unlike in Iraq, the Afghan theatre is vital to the US’ rebalancing strategy in Asia.

Suffice to say, Karzai finds himself at the epicentre of a momentous happening that holds the potential to impact regional politics. India needs to decide where its core concerns and vital interests lie.

Karzai’s interview with Le Monde that was published on Tuesday underscores beyond doubt that Karzai’s standoff with the US goes much beyond a mere spat, as the western propaganda portrays. The rift is far too deep and there is a profound crisis of confidence between the two sides. Karzai has disclosed many startling details about the deviousness of the US’s AfPak policy.

According to Karzai, Americans have a secret track to the Taliban and have been all along playing the Afghan insurgents against the Kabul government and the various ethnic groups against each other with a view to dominating the chessboard and perpetuating the western military occupation.

[idwiyo]

1. k&r

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Hamid Karzaï :"The United States behaves in Afghanistan like a colonial power"

according to the interview.
and

When I was in Washington one year ago to negotiate the terms of a peace process with the US, I realised the Americans were speaking on behalf of the Taliban.

http://www.lemonde.fr/asie-pacifique/article/2013/12/10/hamid-karzai-the-united-states-behaves-in-afghanistan-like-a-colonial-power_3528719_3216.html

Rocky road ahead, it seems.



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