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2015-01-20 Afghanistan

Afghan protesters demand closure of French embassy in Kabul

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Posted by Fred 2015-01-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Requested closure of a diplomatic mission in Afghanistan? Closure would represent a definite feature, not a bug.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-20 01:03|| 2015-01-20 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Note that they're not refusing to accept ~~danegeld~~ aid courtesy of the French taxpayer.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani also strongly condemned the re-publishing of the latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI!) by Charlie Hebdo and called the move as irresponsible.

Will either Ghani personally or Afghanistan face any consequences for this blatant non-recognition of basic French sovereignty? Of course not!

After 9/11 Bush allowed Afghanistan and others to save face instead of making them cry uncle.

Whatever Bush's rationale was at the time, in hindsight this was a monumental mistake.

The West did not retaliate for the attacks.
The West did not export liberty.
The West imported alien tyranny.

"Until Muslims themselves begin to sense unpleasantness from the crimes of radical Islam, there is little likelihood of Islamism eroding."

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-01-20 05:16|| 2015-01-20 05:16|| Front Page Top

#3 I agree Elmerert. I've pretty much resigned to seeing this sordid mess will most likely terminate in a colossal, thermonuclear holocaust.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-20 05:25|| 2015-01-20 05:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Elmerett and Besoeker. Nonsense. Bush was right. There was no other course since striking at Taliban required cooperation from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia held the West by the balls. So until both constraints had been removed it was necessary to ply friendly. But then we got the Balame America Firstgtyoes, the liberals, the commies in sheep-cothes (BTW, the communists helped the Nazis witrh American Commuist Party supporting isolatiionism and organizaing strikes in factories working for Lend-Lease) and then we got a Muslim in Afriacan-American clothes.

Posted by JFM 2015-01-20 11:43|| 2015-01-20 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 JFM I see where you're coming from, but there was a window, a small window, where we could have simply nuked the passes and Kabul and walked away. The world would have had stinky briches for awhile but would have gotten over it in due course.

Or else.

Posted by Shipman 2015-01-20 11:54|| 2015-01-20 11:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Shipman, ditto.

We should cut off all of these $hitholes from all benefits of international society. No embassys no business deals no travel in or out for any of the people. The days of Saudi control of all oil are over push it to the wall now.

Posted by AlanC 2015-01-20 14:34|| 2015-01-20 14:34|| Front Page Top

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