"French, Australian leaders pledge Afghan support; Sarkozy, Rudd say troops, aid remain vital"
By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press | December 23, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan - Nicolas Sarkozy, the first French president to visit the country, signaled that French troops would not pull out anytime soon. He told President Hamid Karzai that France has a long-term interest in Afghanistan, Sarkozy's office said.
Sarkozy, on France-Info radio:
"We did not want to give the signal of a withdrawal, which would have been a detestable signal at a time when we see the ravages that terrorism can do to the world."
Sarkozy, during his six-hour visit, which was not previously announced:
"Afghanistan must not become a state that falls into the hands of terrorists. A war against terrorism, against fanaticism, is being played out here that we cannot, that we must not, lose."
Britain has about 7,800 troops in Afghanistan, as part of the NATO force, and is expected to increase that number.
That's why Britain is getting out of Iraq -- to bolster Afghanistan.
But the MSM sells it to you as surge success served on a shitlet platter.
Karzai, when asked why military forces haven't tried to retake Gizab, a region under Taliban control, said the government could establish control there "at any time" but that he didn't want casualties - civilian or Taliban:
"We don't even want the Taliban to get hurt or die. We want to attract them back to civilian life within the constitution of Afghanistan. We would like to do that through means other than the military."
Hallelujah!!!!!
So QUIT BOMBING THEM, will ya?
On Tuesday, the Taliban’s leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, called on foreign forces to withdraw from Afghanistan.
Yup!
A remotely controlled bomb killed three Afghan security forces as they were returning from an opium poppy eradication campaign in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province yesterday, said Ghafor Khan, a spokesman for the provincial police chief.
About 6,300 people, mostly militants, have died in insurgency-related violence this year."
Yeah, that pesky war gets a mention or two -- at the END, as usual!
If you can't see it, readers, this is a war the West has already lost -- just like the British, just like the Soviets.
