Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s weekend comments, blasting the US over the CIA kidnapping of a university student and accusing the US of “colluding” with the Taliban to keep the war going led Gen. James Dunford, the top US commander in Afghanistan, to put troops on a state of heightened alert.
Dunford issued a “threat advisory” following the speech, saying Karzai’s comments could be a “catalyst for some to lash our against our forces” and that Karzai himself “may issue orders that put our forces at risk.”
The advisory termed Karzai’s statement an “inflammatory speech,” and warned commanders to be on guard for increased “insider attacks” against troops in the wake of the comments.
It indeed was only a day later that an Afghan police officer in Wardak Province, where US special forces have been accused of torture and killings of civilians, attacked and killed two US troops.
The simple explanation for Pentagon officials is to blame Karzai for inflaming the situation, but of course the kidnappings and killings themselves are the primary cause, and one the US seems reluctant to admit to, let alone resolve.
Slip out the back, Jack…Make a new plan, Stan, Get on the bus, Gus…hop on a plane, Jane.
Get a grip america-cuba doesn't want your troops there, iraq doesn't want your troops there, Afghanistan does not want your troopers there. Go the F*** Home! Go fight where you are losing your rights and freedom-at home by the same folks who sent you overseas…Port the troops!
Even the servant is fed up with US BS politics and wars in Afghanistan.
"Support our troops" – a patriotic call to support the troops is obviously meant only for real patriots and normal Americans. It is definitely not meant for policy makers who are endangering the troops with their arrogant and ignorant policies. However, since they are neither patriots (US) nor normal it is no surprise! When the policy is done to give advantage to other national entity it should be obvious that troops of that state should also bear the anger of subdued people. Unfortunately it looks like still more US troops will die for Israel before people in US say finally "Enough!"
And we are supporting this demented sheepherder Karzai, again, why?
Be it Afghan society or USA, the name of the game is the same, please the 51% most wealthy as they are the voting majority and what democracy is all about. And as the more wealth a man has, the more pride driven and greedy he becomes, democracy by its very nature is most criminal and corrupt.
So, afghan’s 51% most greedy want to plunder American tax payers by getting the services of our military for free so that they can continue reaping windfall profits in the drug trade and keep the lower half terrorized and in submission.
And so, our 51% most greedy desire for plunder all of Afghan’s natural resources, quite naturally and a few of our nukes parked on the borders of Russia and China, just more frosting on the cake.
There is an interesting article at International Policy Digest about how Karzai’s policies are not only alienating the coalition forces, but also undermining the nation’s chance at a stable future:
http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2013/03/…