President Hamid Karzai toured a crafts bazaar in Kabul, Afghanistan, with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Paul J. Richards/Associated Press/Pool)
Oh, I stand corrected.
"Karzai pledge gets international endorsement; Conferees set timelines for many reforms" by Karen DeYoung and Joshua Partlow, Washington Post | July 21, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — The international community renewed its commitment to Afghanistan here yesterday, in exchange for a pledge by President Hamid Karzai to implement promised legal, electoral, and economic reforms within specific timelines.
Few new initiatives were presented during the daylong gathering in the Afghan capital, held under tight security amid threats of Taliban attack.
Yeah, strange how they never really get near the big players, huh?
Instead, a communiqué agreed to by the Afghan government and representatives of about 70 other nations reiterated a long list of anticorruption measures and governance improvements to be implemented within three months to two years....
This was ALL just a BIG, ELBOW-RUBBING PARTY for PROPAGANDA PURPOSES!
With violence and coalition casualties surging to record heights this year, and public sentiment flagging among many of the countries with troops in Afghanistan, NATO officials have been debating the pace and scope of the hoped-for transition. But they had little concrete to offer in Kabul yesterday. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the transition would be determined by “conditions, not calendars. . . . Our mission will end when — but only when — the Afghans are able to maintain security on their own.’’
Is he George Bush's brother, or... ?
That also means that WE ARE NEVER LEAVING!
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who called the conference “a real turning point,’’ made the only public mention of President Obama’s stated intention to begin a drawdown of troops from Afghanistan in July 2011, saying that the date “captures both our sense of urgency and the strength of our resolve.’’
She's drunk!
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The United States, Clinton added, has “no intention of abandoning our long-term mission of achieving a stable, secure, peaceful Afghanistan. Too many nations — especially Afghanistan — have suffered too many losses to see this country slide backward.’’
We aren't leaving in 2011, 2014, or the year 3867, dear Americans.
In his opening speech to the conference, Karzai spoke briefly about reconciliation with insurgent groups, noting that his government has “framed the terms on which we must reach out to those of our armed opponents who will be willing to accept our constitution and renounce ties to Al Qaeda’s network of terror.’’
U.S hates that kind of talk. So which "Al-CIA-Duh" would that be, huh?
The made-up "Al-CIA-Duh?"
Related:
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh and the OSI
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits
Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business
New York Times Admits War on Terror is U.S. Creation
Oh, AmeriKa's MSM KNOWS ALL ABOUT and yet STILL PUSHES the CHARADE, huh?Btw, when did TALIBAN morph into "Al-CIA-Duh," anyway?
The communiqué emphasized that peace, under those conditions, was open to “all Afghan members of the armed opposition and their communities.’’
Karzai said he recognized that Afghanistan’s army and police must also improve their performance in the eyes of their own people.
“The legitimacy of the state requires that the use of force be framed within the rule of law,’’ Karzai said. “Historically, abuse of force . . . has alienated people from the government.’’
That is the EXACT DESCRIPTION and JUSTIFICATION of and for STATE TERRORISM!
Karzai has won international agreement to funnel at least 50 percent of all economic assistance through his government within two years, a pledge that will require significantly more confidence in the government’s honesty and competence. The United States has put in place a “certification’’ process through which Afghan ministries can be deemed qualified to directly receive American aid.
Also see: Afghan Exodus
Now you know where the money is headed.
Virtually all countries contributing troops, treasure, or both to Afghanistan are under increasing domestic pressure to show results, and the supportive statements by many delegations at the conference included subtle warnings to Karzai and themselves that — after nine years of war — time is growing short.
We don't want "results,' we WANT OUT!!!!
“Citizens of many nations represented here, including my own, wonder whether success is even possible,’’ Clinton said.
Drunks sometimes let the truth slip.
One delegate, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank managing director, voiced frustration: “I think we should not have any more conferences until we’ve given time to see results.’’
And if the World Bank guy is saying that.... !!!!!
The Afghan government’s response was a combination of assertive confidence in the future and acknowledgement of the concerns....
In other words, lip service.
Wow, no violence anywhere in Afghanistan yesterday -- that is, if you read a Boston Globe.
