With Afghan President Hamid Karzai angrily complaining about civilian deaths in a January 15 US air attack and still not accepting US demands to sign off on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), US Senators are condemning him, and urging the US to drop official support for him for the last few months of his term in office.
The BSA would formalize the US occupation of Afghanistan “through 2024 and beyond,” and while White House officials are still talking up a largely empty threat to end the occupation, the Senators are saying they should just ignore Karzai until the election, and hope his successor will be more amenable to the idea of another decade-plus of US occupation.
The US has been angry with Karzai off and on for years, but with the BSA more or less stalled, every little comment, including criticism of civilian deaths in US air strikes or a judicial order to release detainees the US wants jailed but has no evidence against has officials convinced Afghanistan is openly flaunting US interests.
Sen. Carl Levin (D – MI), determined to see the occupation continue, says the US has to “get beyond Karzai” and realize that he’s not going to give in, but rather that the deal should be pushed to his successor.
President Obama gave Karzai an ultimatum to sign the deal by December 31 of last year or face a full withdrawal. Karzai didn’t sign, and the US continues to push the ultimatum back a bit, but with elections just a few months away, it seems to be neither here nor there anymore, and officials are just looking for chances to spite Karzai on his way out.
Karzai is not the stooge the US thought when it installed him as so-called 'president'. I commend Hamid Karzai who (knows) the BSA is a crock by the US to continue the occupation of his country. Afghanistan is (rich) in natural resources the US needs to run its global empire. It is also in an ideal location for a buffer against Russia. The US Senators who want Karzai ousted are on the payroll of the multinational conglomerates who want to exploit Afghanistan's natural resources. A US military occupation will make that possible.
Americans need to kick all the hawks out of government.
Withdraw already Obama and let Afghanistan deal with Karzai, if they want to.
So, what kind of democracy did the US bring to Afghanistan? They can change a supposedly elected leader from Washington. American politicians are full of shit
For starters, the US brought the Taliban to power in Afghanistan, starting the process in 1979 and destroying women's rights there.
The US then, until September 2001, tried to work out an oil pipeline deal with the Taliban, and tried to get them to cover all of Afghanistan.
When that couldn't be worked out, and when someone perhaps from within their ranks, in Sep 2001, actually attacked the Godfather – heaven forbid, after the USA helped bring about the deaths of almost 2 million people in Afghanistan, mainly civilians – the USA decided enough was enough. It was time to move from proxies to straight occupation.
Bush and Obama have since used their installed Karzai government to push through the oil pipeline deal they wanted all along. Hooray for human rights and freedom!
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