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2008-11-18 Afghanistan

US caught in awkward spot by Karzai's offer

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-11-18 11:35|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Sounds like it is time to go.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2008-11-18 12:02|| 2008-11-18 12:02|| Front Page Top

#2 But explicitly rejecting such a move would put the US government at odds with one of its staunch allies, Karzai

Somehow I just never got the feeling that Karzai was all that "staunch" of an ally.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-11-18 12:32|| 2008-11-18 12:32|| Front Page Top

#3 So the Saudis saw and raised our bounty?

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2008-11-18 12:44|| 2008-11-18 12:44|| Front Page Top

#4

Check out Yon's latest post, a guest post, entitled "Shakedown". It only adds to my feeling that it is time to go.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2008-11-18 12:50|| 2008-11-18 12:50|| Front Page Top

#5 "staunch", yeah. I also suspect that he is about as "staunch" as a pimp-informant.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-11-18 13:06|| 2008-11-18 13:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, it is clearly time to go. We are dealing with a tribal/strongman society that very very unlikely to ever resemble a modern nation-state with a stable central government. I don't like giving the Talibs/Al Q any type of moral victory, but no one else is stepping up to the plate and helping us out and we can't keep doing this alone...either in blood or treasure. So I say screw em and if there is even a hint of hanky panky from either Afghanistan or FATA, call in OP's B-52's and bounce the rubble.

Posted by remoteman 2008-11-18 15:04|| 2008-11-18 15:04|| Front Page Top

#7 TOPIX/MIL FORUMS > OBAMA: BIN LADEN HUNT, END TO THREAT OF 2009 NEW TERROR ATTACK AGZ USA WILL BE TOP ON HIS WHITE HOUSE AGENDA [post Jan.2009 POTUS swear-in].

* PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > CHINA WILL HELP MALAYSIA BECOME A MAJOR ISLAMIC [and World] FINANCIAL CENTER + CHINA WILL SEND NUCLEAR-ARMED PLA COMBAT FORCES, WARSHIPS TO NATIONS IN SE ASIA THREATENED BY ISLAMIST MILITANCY [ destabilization and breakup/protection of Chin citizens = ethnics].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-11-18 23:20|| 2008-11-18 23:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Guess we know why DUBYA reportedly OBAMA that PAKISTAN will be Amer's real strategic challenge.
PAKISTAN = NOTSOMUCH PAKIS PER SE, BUT IS SYMBOLIC OF ASIAN "STATUS QUO" = HISTORICAL, POST-COLD WAR, AND FUTURE ASIAN ORDER AS THREATENED BY RADICAL ISLAM, including but not limited to PAN-ISLAMIST NUCLEARIZATION, + US-SPECIFIC ROLE IN PAN-ASIAN, POST-WOT NWO AFFAIRS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-11-18 23:27|| 2008-11-18 23:27|| Front Page Top

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