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| U.S. Behaves Like A Colonizer: Karzai |
| 2013-12-12 |
[Tolo News] Amidst highly public tensions with the United States over negotiating a long-term security deal for the coming years, 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... has said that the U.S. is behaving like a colonial power. In a response to a somewhat leading question from the French newspaper Le Monde in an interview published Tuesday, "Do you think the USA is behaving like a colonial power," President Karzai said: "Absolutely. They threaten us by saying 'We will no longer pay your salaries; we will drive you into a civil war.' These are threats," Karzai said. "If you want to be our partner, we must be friends. Respect Afghan homes, don't kill their children and be a partner. So bluff or no bluff, we want respect for our commitment to the safety of Afghan lives and to peace in Afghanistan." President Karzai also said that he has been in conversation with the U.S. Special Representative on Afghanistan & Pakistain James Dobbins, who the Afghanistan's Caped President has known for years. According to Karzai, Dobbins has asserted that without the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), there would be no peace in Afghanistan. Karzai went on to say that this statement could be either interpreted in a positive light - if the BSA is signed, there will be peace in Afghanistan - or a negative light - if you don't sign, we will cause trouble in Afghanistan. It was clear the President did not think there was any chance the U.S. might take a more passive approach. The signing of the BSA has been stalled since President Karzai said he would not approve the accord until after the April elections, and only if the U.S. met certain preconditions, despite a Loya Jirga last month recommending the pact be signed as soon as possible. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Colonizer? Doesn't that mean we should be sending lots of Americans over there to live there permanently? Oh, I guess that means we get to make their laws for them. And we can also impose Obamacare on them, too. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-12-12 10:41 |
| #3 The fact that Karzai is still President of that wretched place, and the loya jirga [grand tribal assembly] exists, refutes the "colonizer" accusation. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-12 07:44 |
| #2 ...said that the U.S. is behaving like a colonial power. You forgot to use the word 'racist', often employed by indigenous welfare queens when topics like workfare come up. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-12-12 07:21 |
| #1 From your mouth to the ear of G*d, Hamid. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-12-12 01:37 |