Karzai Wants End to U.S.-Led Operations

[Judi Lynn]

Karzai Wants End to U.S.-Led Operations

By DANIEL COONEY
Associated Press Writer

September 20, 2005, 10:47 AM EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday challenged the need for major foreign military operations in Afghanistan, saying air strikes are no longer effective and that U.S.-led coalition forces should focus on rooting out terror bases and support networks.

Karzai also demanded an immediate end to foreign troops searching people's homes without his government's authorization.

"I don't think there is a big need for military activity in Afghanistan anymore," he told reporters in Kabul. "The nature of the war on terrorism in Afghanistan has changed now.

"No coalition forces should go to Afghan homes without the authorization of the Afghan government. ... The use of air power is something that may not be very effective now."
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-afghan-karzai-us,0,5566412.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[War Pigs]

1. If they would just let us kill and humiliate more of them, they would

learn to love us. Some people just don't accept love easily.:wtf:

[ixion]

2. oh oh... time for another regime change in Afghanistan...

:eyes:

Can't have our installed puppets balking whenever we're spreading a little democracy around. :sarcasm:

[Roland99]

3. Hmm...is Karzai now going to remain a friend or become a foe?

Sounds like Karzai is getting some pressure from within. I wonder where his true loyalties will end up lying: his countrymen (and warlords) or the folks that put him power?

What will be more interesting is to see how the US respects Afghani sovereignty now.

[htuttle]

4. But...air strikes are what we 'do'

It's our nature.

[leftchick]

5. did Karzi forget who he is?

A US Installed PUPPET! He had better remember his place. That fake election must have fooled him too. :eyes:

[hogwyld]

9. Let me ask you this

Does Diebold run their election too?

[enigma000]

10. Diebold?

Doubtful. Unless their machines run under solar power. My understanding is the Afghan power grid has some ways to go, even by, say, Ohio standards.

[leftchick]

13. election fixing has been happening for as long as there have been election

Diebold just makes it easier. I doubt the Afghanis had the electricity for DREs.

[GayCanuck]

6. I am so angry

Canada has troops there.

[enigma000]

12. Why? n/t

[GayCanuck]

14. Because

Canada has no business sending troops anywhere.

[enigma000]

15. Lester Pearson might disagree n/t

[enigma000]

7. It will take a generation to get Afghanistan up and running

And for this period of time, it will be dependant on international help. Lots of countries have troops there.

http://www.nato.int/issues/afghanistan/040628-factsheet.htm

[daleo]

8. Karzai is just playing Bush's game.

No U.S. forces needed in Afghanistan? Oh, wonderful, they can all go to Iraq now.

Just keep the NATO guys around to protect me, says Karzai. And stay away from the poppies. That's for Poppy and me.

[patricia92243]

18. I was thinking the exact same thing. n/t

[Fluffdaddy]

11. You guys don't know how the Game is played. He says he wants us out...But

the Neo-Cons knows he does not mean it. He's the USA's puppet.
Bought and paid for. Come on people read history and learn how the game is played

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Should have gotten Bin Laden when we had the chance

[alittlelark]

17. Translation - The US needs the troops as Iraq cannon-fodder...

Afganistan is hopelessly Fucked Up, there are more Taliban Loonies than ever, and we're going to declare victory so we can cut and run.

[MissWaverly]

19. Remember Zell explained it all to us democrats at the RNC

No one should dare to even think about being the Commander in Chief of this country if he doesn't believe with all his heart that our soldiers are liberators abroad and defenders of freedom at home.
But don't waste your breath telling that to the leaders of my party today. In their warped way of thinking America is the problem, not the solution.

They don't believe there is any real danger in the world except that which America brings upon itself through our clumsy and misguided foreign policy.

Now it's clear that Zell hates liberals: According to Webster: Liberals are: belonging to the people, free

Zell also stressed that we were liberators not occupiers

Liberators are defined as one who frees his country from an enemy or tyranny and Occupiers are defined as: to take possession of by settlement or seizure

So we should send Zell over to explain things to Karzai.

[hippiechick]

20. ... but we haven't 'smoked out' Osama yet ...

... Rummy and Dick know he's there. Really. He is. They said so.

:freak:

[CdnObserver]

21. How long until "Afghan President killed by Insurgents"?

I think Bush isn't going to like this development.

How long until Mr. Unocal Pipeline meets with a car bombing?