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2009-01-28 Afghanistan

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-28 13:52|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Biden wanted to trisect Iraq into three countries. Afghanistan, under the same logic, could maybe be six or seven different countries.

Pashtunstan
S.Tadjikistan
S. Uzbekistan
S. Kyrgyz
Hazarastan
Talibanistan
N. Baluchistan

Posted by mhw 2009-01-28 14:27|| 2009-01-28 14:27|| Front Page Top

#2 1) Biden gets a medal from Pakistan and slams Karzai, a long time foe of the Taliban. Guy can't tell our friends from our enemies.

2) They said that the Obama administration would work with provincial leaders as an alternative to the central government, The provincial leaders are all former warlords that we convinced to accept the central government. Now we tell them we'll support their little fiefdoms?

3) If we're not trying to nation build, then what is the purpose of our troops in Afghanistan? Is it just a staging ground for attacks on Pakistan? I think we need to have a creditable goal regarding Afghanistan to justify our presence or we're giving the Taliban a big openning here.

Posted by DoDo 2009-01-28 14:47|| 2009-01-28 14:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Just keep in mind that every one of them would have a seat in the UN General Assembly and be eligible for individual seats in e.g. their human rights council etc.

Posted by lotp 2009-01-28 14:48|| 2009-01-28 14:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Biden gets a medal from Pakistan and slams Karzai, a long time foe of the Taliban. Guy can't tell our friends from our enemies.

Maybe he can. Maybe the whole point is to strengthen our enemies and weaken our friends. In the fine tradition of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-01-28 15:03|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-01-28 15:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Just keep in mind that every one of them would have a seat in the UN General Assembly

Just rename the United Nations to the Villains, Thieves and Scoundrels Union and we're good to go.

Posted by SteveS 2009-01-28 16:03|| 2009-01-28 16:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Karzai belongs under the bus. Let's face it, only a Stalinesque, or if they were really lucku Titoish, tyrant can keep Afghanistan together from the central government. The idea of establishing democracy of any sort there is a pipe dream. So we can hunker down with Karzai like we did with Diem or we can recognize the inevitable, cut a deal that says to the Taliban, Afghanistan is all yours if you can keep it and we can leave in peace. We won't help you stay in power, but we won't overthrow you. But if al-Q comes back. you can rename the country Rubble.

To Karzai & Co. give them a chance in the Witness Protection Program well before we leave.

Then we go to the Pakis and tell them they are harboring al-Q and they've got 6 months to do something about it or they get the Iraq treatment.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-01-28 17:58|| 2009-01-28 17:58|| Front Page Top

#7 He could always come back to San Francisco and work in his brother's restaurant. Besides, the locals think he is "Gorgeous" in that green cape and the fuzzy hat.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-28 18:53|| 2009-01-28 18:53|| Front Page Top

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