I have noticed peace talks never get very far nor reported much in the war-promoting AmeriKan press.
"Karzai urges Taliban to lay down weapons" by Elena Becatoros, Associated Press | November 28, 2009
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and other extremist groups yesterday to lay down their weapons and participate in rebuilding the battered country, as part of reconciliation efforts....
YOU FIRST!
“From the Taliban, from Hezb-e-Islami and all our other brothers who stand armed against their country, I hope that for the peace, stability, and development of their country, they come back to their homeland, their families,’’ Karzai said. Hezb-e-Islami is a militant Islamic faction led by warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar....
Oh, NO KIDDING!
"Gulbuddin Hekmatyar the favored warlord of the ISI and CIA. Casey was said to be particularly fond of him as both shared a goal of extending the fighting beyond Afghanistan into the Soviet Union itself. He was a ruthless fighter, who also led several raids into USSR territory. He was also a major drug trafficker. Almost half of all the covert weapons directed at Afghanistan were sent to his group"
Yup, Hekmatyar the CIA ASSET!
The United States has said in the past that while hard-line Taliban fighters must be defeated, there should be a reconciliation process for those who renounce violence.
So when is USrael going to renounce violence?
Related: How The USA Funds The Taliban
Oh, that's a neat trick!
The need for talks with the militant group is recognized across the international community, but the conditions attached to such proposals - and the timing of any negotiations - are an issue of contention.
BUT WHAT!?
Related: Friends of Afghanistan
Oh, the "militant insurgent Taliban" are simply the PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, huh?
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More MSM BS to pave the way for Obama's speech:
"Afghans fear talk of exit strategy will play into Taliban’s hands" by Deb Riechmann, Associated Press | December 1, 2009
KABUL - Afghan officials hope President Obama’s address on Afghanistan will not be weighted too heavily on an exit strategy, even though that is the message many Americans and Democrats in Congress want to hear.
Yeah, INSTEAD we are getting MORE ESCALATION!
You know, like we got under the LAST GUY!!!!
If he talks extensively in his speech tonight about winding down the war, Afghans fear the Taliban will simply bide their time until the Americans abandon the country, much as Washington did after the Soviets left 20 years ago. The vacuum plunged the nation into civil war and paved the way for Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 attacks.
I have HAD IT with the BULLSHIT, MSM!
You are SO DISCREDITED now!!!!
Yeah, repeat that garbage lie over and over!!!
Similarly, in neighboring Pakistan, frequent reminders of a finite US troop presence give commanders little reason to help fight Afghan militants, the very people they might eventually need to embrace as allies if the international community fails to secure Afghanistan and the Taliban retake Kabul. From the Pakistani side of the volatile border, the fear is that a premature US pullout would leave Pakistan vulnerable to an unchecked threat from Islamic extremists, who now control significant areas of the northwest.
What a LIE!!!!!!!
"Pakistan expressed fear yesterday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the border into its territory and called on the United States to factor in that concern"
Yeah, EVERYONE WANTS US OUT!!!!!!
“If the Americans leave the war unfinished, without stabilizing Afghanistan, it is bad for Pakistan,’’ Mahmood Shah, a former security chief for Pakistan’s tribal areas, said yesterday. “Obama should announce a change of strategy that moves away from force to stabilization, so that people will stop going to the Taliban in search of security.’’
That really says it all, huh?
Btw, isn't Shah one of the publicists the U.S. is paying to make the case for expanded war?
So although Obama must reassure the American public that Afghanistan will not become his Vietnam, that message might be best muffled in the battle zones, officials say.
“Mentioning an exit strategy at the height of fighting is premature,’’ said Hamid Gailani, majority leader in the Afghan Parliament.
Not only that, it is IDIOTIC!!!!! He must really think we are idiots, or care as much as the last guy!! Some change!!!
Gailani hopes Obama’s expected military buildup will be accompanied by a political plan that fosters economic development for his impoverished nation. “If he speaks of a surge on the one hand and of an exit strategy on the other hand, it will not make any sense to people,’’ Gailani said.
No, it makes PERFECT SENSE! He's a LIAR!!!!
However, there is a case to be made for Obama to emphasize that US forces are not going to be in Afghanistan forever. That message could serve to undercut the argument of hard-core militants who lash out against foreign occupiers, and use it as a recruitment tool. It also could perhaps strengthen Afghan efforts toward reconciliation with some members of the Taliban, who say they will not negotiate until foreign forces leave.
And look who made the case for him.
“I think the insurgency has been very, very skilled at propaganda and I think that they will inevitably use the announcement of an increase in troop levels to make the case again and again that we’re an occupation, that Karzai is a puppet,’’ said Caroline Wadhams, senior national analyst at the Washington-based Center for American Progress think tank. “That’s why I think it’s so important that we continue to talk about how we’re not going to be there forever.’’
That's a "liberal" think tank and it MAKES YOU SICK considering what we have for "newspapers" around here!
On the other hand, Afghan officials worry that political pressure in the United States might encourage Obama to pull out before the Taliban have been seriously weakened.
Sick of the MSM BULLSHIT yet, America?
He's SENDING 35K!!!!
It's obvious that the "pressure" doesn't matter!!!!
Much of the relative success of the Iraq surge was that it changed perceptions, convincing both insurgents and government leaders alike that the United States would stay as long as it took to achieve its goals. That emboldened many Iraqi Sunnis to break with Al Qaeda, a move that was a turning point in the war.
What ABSOLUTE BS!!!!
Please see: Occupation Iraq: AmeriKa On the Way Out
Yeah, the "relative" success and CHANGE in PERCEPTIONS = the MSM SHIT-SHOVEL of PROPAGANDA!!!
Afghans have a historic aversion to foreign occupation, but the repressive Taliban has little appeal outside the rural areas dominated by ethnic Pashtuns.
WTF?
They ARE the PEOPLE per your own one-day wonder propaganda, 'er, reporting, BG!!!
Still, Afghans tend to back whoever is winning.
You know, I'M SICK of the INSULTS!!!!!!!
Related: All Afghans Are Corrupt
Yeah, tell that to the bloodthirsty, ginned-up American public that has turned against this mass-murdering exercise, MSM.
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