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2011-12-25 Afghanistan

Karzai Says NATO Night Raids in Afghanistan Must Stop

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Posted by Fred 2011-12-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Hey, this article is a repeat! I've seen it about ten times already...

Posted by gromky 2011-12-25 00:16|| 2011-12-25 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 ...the record's stuck...the record's stuck...the record's stuck...

Posted by M. Murcek 2011-12-25 00:57|| 2011-12-25 00:57|| Front Page Top

#3 As I understand it, night raids have been pretty much stopped for a while - except for those run as joint Afghan-US ops. And such raids are done precisely because they result in less collateral damage.
Zero should have followed W's lead of 'declaring victory and leaving.' Get our guys out of there - nobody and nothing there worth getting them killed for.
Anyone want to wager on Karzai's life expectancy once we leave-

Posted by Glenmore 2011-12-25 03:04|| 2011-12-25 03:04|| Front Page Top

#4 once we leave, Pakistan and their proxies will take over again!

Afghanistan and Iraq were never the problem.Pakistan,Iran and Saudi was and is STILL the problem re Jihadi conquering ideology!

Posted by Paul 2011-12-25 03:37|| 2011-12-25 03:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Pakistan,Iran and Saudi was and is STILL the problem re Jihadi conquering ideology! Unfortunately, the interest held by the US electorate in conquering, occupying, and/or converting such nations to civilization is at an all-time low.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-12-25 04:24|| 2011-12-25 04:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Typically, an effective way of handling such problematic types is division. In this case, a north/south division of Afghanistan.

Most of the problems are caused by the Pushtun, so carve them off, along with Kabul, as South Afghanistan. If Pakistan wants to consume South Afghanistan for itself, that is okay as well. Probably even better. Not our problem.

Then take all the northern peoples as North Afghanistan, in a confederation with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. No Pushtun allowed. Importantly, the north has a lot of unexploited resources, so in just a few years of no longer being tormented by the Pushtun, they could live in much greater prosperity and peace.

Plus, the US would be more than happy to keep its base in Mazar-a-Sharif.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-25 08:10|| 2011-12-25 08:10|| Front Page Top

#7 That idiot Joe Biden repeatedly called for the division of Iraq. One could make a much stronger case for dividing Afghanistan. Where's Joe when we need his one idiot idea?

Posted by Steve White 2011-12-25 10:12|| 2011-12-25 10:12|| Front Page Top

#8 "the interest held by the US electorate in conquering, occupying, and/or converting such nations to civilization is at an all-time low"

There are other options, AH - particularly for those places that will never allow themselves to be converted to civilization.

But I'll leave those options to your imagination, since I don't want to be sink-trapped so early on a Christmas morning. :-(

Posted by Barbara 2011-12-25 10:54|| 2011-12-25 10:54|| Front Page Top

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