Here's who Obama wants.
Isn't that BUSH'S OLD MAN? Some CHANGE, huh, Amurka?
"Hope for stability in Afghan election; War-weary nation yearning for relief" by Pamela Constable, Washington Post | March 31, 2009
A group of Afghans in Kandahar waited as Canadian soldiers from a NATO-led coalition checked their car. (Reuters)
Could we please stop murdering innocent people -- like those four men -- over a lie, please.
Also see: I Don't Want to Kill Them Anymore
KABUL, Afghanistan - .... Under dark, still wintry skies, Afghans are pinning improbable hopes for deliverance on spring. But the season could instead yield more insurgent violence, deeper divisions among Afghan leaders, and sharper tensions with Western military forces.
The convergence of three factors - a major new thrust of American military and political involvement, an expected answering surge in attacks by Islamist fighters, and tensions over an upcoming presidential election in August - is raising concerns that the country's fragile equilibrium could collapse under so many contradictory pressures.
????? Like it's at peace and normal or something right now?
The agenda-pushing propaganda never stops!
In interviews and opinion surveys, Afghans say they are yearning for relief after years of political drift and economic decline, and are hoping the election will provide it. Yet their more immediate future is clouded by fear of terrorist violence and anxiety over whether a meaningful election can be held in the current atmosphere of intimidation and intrigue.
Yeah, yeah, all this bulls*** about terrorists and elections -- what fills up most of my war-promoting, agenda-pushing piece of garbage on a daily basis.
"The Taliban is growing and creating new alliances not because its sectarian religious practices have become popular, but because it is the only available umbrella for national liberation," says Pakistani historian and political commentator Tariq Ali. "As the British and the Soviets discovered to their cost in the preceding two centuries, Afghans never like being occupied."
"More and more, people here look back to the era of harsh Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, describing it as a time of security and peace."
Also see: Afghanistan's Other Government
Had it with the NEWSPAPER and their LIES yet?
"Every morning before I leave home, my mother says a prayer from the Koran that I will return at night," said Marzia Anwari, 22, a science student at Kabul University. "My friends and I want to vote so we can elect educated and honest leaders, but most of all we need security. We need to stop these suicide bombings before we can think about politics. We cannot wash blood with blood."
Something that was TOTALLY FOREIGN and CONTRARY to PASHTUN or Taliban culture -- UNTIL the U.S. began OCCUPYING that is. Ever notice those "suiciders" FOLLOW US AROUND? What a CUI BONO COINCIDENCE, huh?
Although there is much enthusiastic talk these days of negotiating peace with Taliban leaders, and the Obama administration has just signed on to the idea after years of US policy aimed at defeating the insurgents in battle, both Afghan and US officials warn that the fighting will get much heavier as the weather warms and thousands more American troops spread across the country.
Really? WHERE is the ENTHUSIASTIC TALK because I HAVEN'T SEEN it in my WAR DAILY -- and I CHECK EVERY DAY!!!!
Despite a flurry of feelers from Kabul and various foreign intermediaries, and despite reports of early Taliban attempts to influence the vote in their southern ethnic Pashtun heartland, top insurgent leaders are on record as intending to violently disrupt the election, drive out Western forces and reestablish the Islamic emirate they ruled here from 1996 to 2001.
With OUR HELP AGAIN?
"The U.S. government was well aware of the Taliban's reactionary program, yet it chose to back their rise to power in the mid-1990s. The creation of the Taliban was "actively encouraged by the ISI and the CIA," according to Selig Harrison, an expert on U.S. relations with Asia. "The United States encouraged Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to support the Taliban, certainly right up to their advance on Kabul," adds respected journalist Ahmed Rashid. When the Taliban took power, State Department spokesperson Glyn Davies said that he saw "nothing objectionable" in the Taliban's plans to impose strict Islamic law, and Senator Hank Brown, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East and South Asia, welcomed the new regime: "The good part of what has happened is that one of the factions at last seems capable of developing a new government in Afghanistan." "The Taliban will probably develop like the Saudis. There will be Aramco [the consortium of oil companies that controlled Saudi oil], pipelines, an emir, no parliament and lots of Sharia law. We can live with that," said another U.S. diplomat in 1997."
Meanwhile, the nation has been holding its breath for weeks as political leaders wrangled over who will govern Afghanistan between May, when President Hamid Karzai's term expires, and the late summer election. Afghans vividly remember the chaos that erupted in 1992 when their government collapsed in factional fighting, and they have feared that a void at the top could unleash similar demons.
Translation: Look for a CIVIL WAR in Afghanistan (at least, as to how the shit will be packaged and sold through the war-promoting papers) this year. All the more reason to stay, right?
On Sunday, the Supreme Court put some of those fears to rest, ruling that Karzai must remain in office to ensure "continuation" of governance during the election season. But the decision opens the door to further protests by opponents, who say the privileges of presidential authority would give Karzai an unfair advantage if, as expected, he runs for reelection....
Other frequently mentioned possible candidates are Ashraf Ghani, a former Afghan finance minister and World Bank official; Ali Ahmad Jalali, a former Afghan interior minister and Voice of America official; Gul Agha Shirzai, the current governor of Nangahar Province; Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-born former US envoy to Kabul, Baghdad, and the United Nations; and Anwar al-Ahady, a former Afghan central bank president and US-based academic....
There has been virtually no discussion of issues that concern the public, especially security and jobs.
Now THAT sounds JUST LIKE AmeriKan political campaigns!!!!!
Many Afghans are disillusioned with the Karzai government's inept performance and tolerance for corruption, yet unsure who can do better....
We "elected" a black wolf in weasel's clothing.
Ghani said: "People are angry and frustrated and they want to see major change. They want better institutions and a true national dialogue, not another fight among ethnic factions and a one-man show."
Oh, the AFGHAN PEOPLE are JUST LIKE YOU and ME, American -- so WHY MUST WE KILL THEM over a LIE???!!
The other factor at work is the rapidly expanding, widely mistrusted role of the US government here. Many Afghans are waiting for Washington to anoint the country's next leader, yet they deeply resent what they see as US interference.
And here the Muslim-hating joospapers of AmeriKa make the Afghans out to be primitive savages who are stoo-pid!! Oh, the HURT from the HATEFUL JEWISH PROPAGANDA and LIES!!!!
They are desperate for protection from terrorism and insurgency, yet they fear that the major military expansion planned by the Obama administration will invite further violent clashes and civilian casualties.
Yeah, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS when you SEND MORE TROOPS and call for MORE MISSILE STRIKES!!!!
"People are tired, and they don't trust either the government or the foreigners any more," said Mohammed Ehsanullah, 28, a jobless agronomist who sells mobile phone cards on the streets of Kabul. "We don't need more American troops to bring security, we need investment and factories. If people could earn enough to feed their families, they wouldn't become terrorists or thieves."
Oh, America, I LOVE the AFGHAN people because THEY are VERY SMART and PERCEPTIVE PEOPLE -- so UNLIKE the REPRESENTATION they are given in the Muslim-hating, war-promoting, agenda-pushing, AmeriKan joospapers!
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