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2011-02-21 Afghanistan

US-Taliban Talks Hurt Afghan Sovereignty

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-21 00:07|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 BHARAT RAKSHAK > [SecState Hillary] CLINTON: TALIBAN MUST CHOOSE EITHER WAR OR PEACE, i.e. being allowed to legally participate in Govt. Power-sharing, versus risk ultimately being defeated or destroyed for its support for AL QAEDA???

* OTOH SAME > BEYOND REDEMPTION: THE RAYMOND DAVIS AFFAIR COULD DISENGAGE THE US FROM AFPAK FASTER THAN IT HAD PLANNED FOR, SAYS NV SUBRAMANIAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-02-21 01:49|| 2011-02-21 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 US efforts to hold direct talks with the Taliban would bring Afghanistan's independence under question, a bigwig in High Peace Council said Sunday.

Because its an exclusive Afghan right of long tradition to stab the foreigner in the back with the 'other guy'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-02-21 07:52|| 2011-02-21 07:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Karzai and Cronies worried we'll cut out the middle man?

Posted by Frank G 2011-02-21 08:35|| 2011-02-21 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Karzai is a putz. He pushed negotiations with the Taliban at a time when Uncle Sam was being steadfast. Having set the precedent of Taliban negotiations, he has given Obama a way out of Afghanistan, which Obama will gladly take, as he waves to Karzai in the rear view mirror. The real question is whether Karzai will stay in Afghanistan and await Najibullah's fate, or take the smart way out and depart on the last Ariana flight out of Kabul.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-02-21 20:13|| 2011-02-21 20:13|| Front Page Top

#5 If he's not careful, Karzai's unique combination of greed, petulance and incompetence is going to lead to him being suspended from the wrong end of a lamp post. His promotion to president (from restaurateur) has proven to be an expensive reaffirmation of the Peter principle, much like Obama's elevation.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-02-21 20:17|| 2011-02-21 20:17|| Front Page Top

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