(Updated: Originally posted December 13, 2006)
Another relevant repost after today's news.
After Pakistan cut deals with those in the frontier provinces last year (translation: had quit assaulting them militarily), our puppet Karzai started blaming that for his troubles!
Buried deep in the NYT, as usual:
"Pakistan’s Support for Militants Threatens Region, Karzai Says" by CARLOTTA GALL
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 12 — Mr. Karzai also criticized NATO for the behavior of some of its troops, who have fired on civilians in the aftermath of suicide attacks on their convoys. British troops caused particular anger in this city on Dec. 3, when they fired repeatedly on civilians after their supply convoy was hit, killing two and wounding five.
Mr. Karzai, at a news conference, referring to the NATO troops:
“After all, they are here to fight terrorism and bring protection to the Afghan people. We are extremely worried — it hurts us, it hurts Afghan civilians. We are worried by it, and NATO is also worried by it, and we are working together to reduce such casualties.”
A year later, I say, "Yeah, well, whatever."
It has been the WORST YEAR YET in Afghanistan!!!!!
Mr. Karzai convened senior ministers, ambassadors and NATO and American generals in Kandahar to address some of the most urgent issues facing the southern provinces, which have been racked by violence this year. The meeting, known as the Policy Action Group, addressed ways to enhance security and NATO’s handling of the insurgency since it took over from the United States in the south in August.
The group was formed over the summer as the Taliban insurgency grew and riots in Kabul exposed growing tensions in society. This was the group’s first meeting outside the capital, and provincial governors also attended. The choice of location was clearly intended to show the people of the south that their leaders were doing something.
Translation: A PHOTO OP!!!!!
Mr. Karzai, who took time in the afternoon to pray at a local mosque and greet people in shops outside, appeared cheerful and determined. That was in contrast to his demeanor in Kabul on Sunday, when he became emotional as he talked about the suffering of the Afghan people and his sense of powerlessness to protect them from the violence.
Karzai began to weep and told an audience marking Human Rights Day:
“We can’t prevent the terrorists from coming from Pakistan, and we can’t prevent the coalition from bombing the terrorists, and our children are dying because of this. The cruelty is too much.”
If today's (2007) papers are correct, that day was observed again after the worst slaughter of the war over the past year!
Galling, readers!
And screw the former member of UNOCAL, the man who owes his regime to the U.S.' aerial bombardment of Afghanistan.
Damn crocodile tears from the neo-con stooge!
Maybe you and Lebanese PM Sionara should get together and have a bawl fest for complicity in Western annihilation and murder, Karzai!
