Taliban Rejects Senator's Suggestion That US Establish Military Bases In Afghanistan

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A senator's suggestion that the United States consider establishing permanent military bases in Afghanistan has drawn the ire of the Taliban.

In an online message released Tuesday, the Afghan Taliban said Sen. Lindsey Graham's comments proved that the U.S. is intent on occupying Afghanistan and depriving its citizens of their rights.

"His remarks definitely lifts the curtain from the colonialist motives of America," the Taliban said in a statement detailed by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant websites. America, the Taliban said, wants to establish dominance over the region.

Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that having a few U.S. air bases in Afghanistan would benefit the region and give Afghan security forces an edge against the Taliban.

Graham responded to the Taliban critique Thursday, saying that he wants to have an enduring relationship with the Afghan people that would benefit both the U.S. and Afghanistan. And he said the majority of Afghan people don't want to return to Taliban control.

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And what is "permanent" anyway? I'm guessing those bases will be there for the lifetime of anybody reading this.

...that they pop their heads up from behind that rock one more time.

Lindsey Graham said something stupid. *Gasp*!

I'd love to see us pull out of Afghanistan, but I have a hard time caring what the Taliban thinks.

Graham Cracker should keep his yap shut. Though it is apparently always OK for Republicans to try and set foreign policy form the talk show circuit.

But who EXACTLY is Graham speaking for? Himself? Obama? Bilderberg? DOD-Pentagon-Generals? Corporaitons-Wall Street?

Or we could ask - who is he 'setting up' for?