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| Karzai Condemns U.S. 'Desecration' of Insurgent Bodies |
| 2012-01-13 |
[An Nahar] Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... Thursday strongly condemned a video appearing to show U.S. soldiers "desecrating" the corpses of slain Islamic fascisti by urinating on them. "The government of Afghanistan is deeply disturbed by a video that shows American soldiers desecrating dead bodies of three Afghans," said a statement from the president's office. "This act by American soldiers is simply inhuman and condemnable in the strongest possible terms. "We expressly ask the U.S. government to urgently investigate the video and apply the most severe punishment to anyone found guilty in this crime." The U.S. military said it was investigating the "disgusting" footage of what appears to be four servicemen dressed in United States military uniform relieving themselves onto three bodies. If authentic, the images -- which conjure up previous abuses committed by U.S. troops during the decade-long war -- could spark deep anger and resentment in Afghanistan and the wider Mohammedan world. Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahed told Agence La Belle France Presse that the video would not affect peace talks. "I don't think this new issue will affect negotiations which at this stage are mainly about prisoner exchange," he said. "After all, we've done far worse," he added softly. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #24 Promote these soldiers. I would rather have soldiers that will piss on the enemy every chance they get than to bow down and apologize to our enemies like one President Hussein Obama does every chance he gets. |
| Posted by: Unush Panda7572 2012-01-13 23:13 |
| #23 Desecration (also called desacralization or desanctification) is the act of depriving something of its sacred character. What could be sacred in a murderous turd? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2012-01-13 21:26 |
| #22 Perhaps the Taliban should think of the U.S. Marines as our "moral police", like they have in Islamic countries. If you misbehave, Marines will bomb you, burn you, shoot you, stab you, and throw you grenades. Being peed on is the least of your troubles, although we will try to do better. You know where the Marines are in Afghanistan; if you do not like these things, you can go and talk to them directly. They would be glad to see you. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2012-01-13 21:14 |
| #21 Blowing up girls in schools is still ok |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2012-01-13 20:39 |
| #20 Hey! Most dogs are loyal and reliable and lovable and dependable! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-01-13 17:32 |
| #19 Taliban cut the heads off of captives and innocent people, bomb schools, etc., and Karzai doesn't give a poop, because "It's Sharia™, so it's got to be good!" But for infidels to pee on dead Muslim terrorists is an unthinkable act of desecration. Word to Karzai: Muslims are dogs. Non-Muslims are a whole lot better beloved of Allan than are Muslims. Even Jews and atheists are better loved. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-13 16:13 |
| #18 In WW2, a late friend of mine in the British Army in Burma related stories of catching injured Japanese soldiers. Some of the Brits would put them under tracked vehicle treads and slowly drive over them. No quarter was given or offered by either side. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-01-13 15:52 |
| #17 Allen West (R-Fla) to handwringers: Shut your mouth, war is hell |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-13 15:22 |
| #16 Article 15, reduction in rank, suspend some pay and continue to march. Nothing to see here, move along people. |
| Posted by: OCCD 2012-01-13 15:19 |
| #15 its not just the recording. Someone posted the video somewhere otherwise nobody would know about it. In WW2, by the way, we weren't obsessed with placating the good Nazi's. It wasn't until after the war we allowed the generous bit of fiction. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-01-13 14:31 |
| #14 Recording it was dumb. OK. But it's even dumber for our President, Secretary of State and Pentagon to act like it's any kind of a big deal. They should tell Karzai to FOAD. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-13 13:38 |
| #13 And how about the bad guys pissing on and pouring mercury onto their ammo and traps? Ten years, two theatres, immoral enemies...two somewhat scandals, not like shop turned torture chambers? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-01-13 11:09 |
| #12 Remember 1. Rolling Stone reporters are not your friends 2. Don't give ammo to the enemy |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2012-01-13 10:05 |
| #11 Is this assclown still enjoying U.S. Protection? And of so... why? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-01-13 09:04 |
| #10 Of course walking into a marketplace and shredding women and children in suicide bombings deserves 'respect' right Karzi? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-01-13 09:00 |
| #9 I am beginning to think that maybe Dr. Feelgood needs to learn to do his own killing to stay in power. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-01-13 08:29 |
| #8 So I guess having the pigs piss on them instesd is ok then right? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-01-13 08:04 |
| #7 Noooooooooo, death takes you to pair-a-dice, even if you don't get 72 raisins. If we captured them and slit their throats, that'd be halal, so it's OK. As opposed to the US contractor, hanging by his privates from the Fallujah bridge. Different world. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2012-01-13 06:18 |
| #6 "I wonder how much of this happened in WWII and nobody gave a $hit." I would've thought death is a larger concern in itself. |
| Posted by: Kojack 2012-01-13 06:01 |
| #5 I wonder how much of this happened in WWII and nobody gave a $hit. And I'd say that if Afghanistan and/or Iraq implode because we left early to satisfy some political cause, then whomever is responsible basically did the same thing to every Coalition member who fought and got injured or died there, including their families. Specifically identifying the unit in the upload is definitely Idiot of the Day material. I'll bet they don't do that again for a while. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-01-13 05:22 |
| #4 Recording it was dumb. |
| Posted by: Omose Angeaque7353 2012-01-13 05:13 |
| #3 Just leave. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2012-01-13 04:15 |
| #2 Piss on Karzai. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2012-01-13 01:06 |
| #1 I say, pi$$ on 'em. Hypersensitive hypocrites think that they have the corner on sensibility and morality. Give the soldiers a stern lecture and move on. I guess blowing up women and children is ok in their twisted value system. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-01-13 01:01 |