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2011-02-08 Afghanistan

Karzai PRT Disbandment Call Raises Concerns

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Funny how even a creep like Karzai understands the Chicago Way, that those in charge of payoffs are the ones who set the rules.

I can only assume that W. Bush didn't want Afghanistan to stop being a failed state, as his reason for sustaining a piss poor form of government for them. It stands in stark contrast to what we did in Iraq.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-08 08:49|| 2011-02-08 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, Bush's approach to Afghanistan was the correct one : do just what you need to and not a bit more, since it has always been and will always be a tribal hellhole. Iraq at least had a large middle class and a significant portion of the public was well-educated; Afghanistan is just the opposite. The only way to cleanup Afghanistan to kill half of the Pashtuns in Afghanistan and half of them in Pakistan, and make sure the non-Pashtuns rule Afghanistan - sort of like we had to do to the Apaches along the Mexican border. But there is no way in hell that we would be permitted to do that in the modern era, even if we had the political leadership with the balls to try it.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-02-08 18:57|| 2011-02-08 18:57|| Front Page Top

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