(KUNA) -- The United States affirmed on Thursday that Mullah Omar, the Taliban leader, has no role to play in the future of Afghanistan.
| "No, dude, you don't get to surrender. Just keep looking up in the sky for your own personal Predator missile to kiss you... or perhaps the Afghan Special Forces will find you first. I've heard a rumour the Ghurkas are kinder..." |
Philip Crowley, U.S. State Department front man, told news hounds, "We recognize Mullah Omar's responsibility and support given to bin Laden and the 9/11 plot. We cannot imagine him playing a constructive role in the future of Afghanistan." Crowley said the U.S. strategy has both "a military and a civilian component, and "we recognize that, not always, but insurgencies frequently are resolved not by military means alone, but a combination of military means and a viable political process." The United States is supporting the government of Afghanistan in "pursuing reconciliation with those elements that are currently part of the insurgency," Crowley said, and the U.S. will "continue to support this Afghan-led process in any way we can." Crowley pointed to five major criteria for participation in the reconciliation process that is shared by the United States, the international community and the government of Afghanistan, "including renouncing violence; you know, severing any links with al Qaeda or its affiliates; and fully supporting the Afghan constitution, including rights for men and women in Afghanistan." "Anyone who supports those criteria, in our view, can have and can play a role in the future of Afghanistan," he said.
| The State Department is awfully enthusiastic about this. I wonder if this is Billary's revenge on President Obama? |
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