Stop bombing us, Afghanistan president tells U.S.

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The president of Afghanistan is demanding the U.S. curtail its air strikes, which he says are killing too many civilians.

In a hard-hitting interview with 60 Minutes, which airs this Sunday, President Hamid Karzai, says he has conveyed his demand to U.S. President George W. Bush privately.

"The United States and the Coalition Forces are not killing civilians deliberately, the United States is here to help the Afghan people," Karzai says in the interview. "The Afghan people understand that mistakes are made. But five years on, six years on, definitely, very clearly, they cannot comprehend as to why there is still a need for air power."

Asked by 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley if he wants a rollback of the air strikes, Karzai replies, "Absolutely. Oh, yes, in clear words and I want to repeat that, tthere are alternatives to the use of air force and I will speak for it again through your media."
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Iraq's Prez and Afghanistan Prez are getting fed up

:shrug:

Leader of another party in Afghanistan -- wonder if "the powers that be" are tiring of Karzai and want to install a new guy there.

I just thought it odd because the only Afghan I've seen on C-Span in the past few years has been Karzai (or maybe the Information Minister Mohammed Mohammed or whatever his name was). This guy looked well-groomed, polished -- like (again) he was out of central casting for a leading role in Afghanistan. And now this ... Karzai getting "uppity." ????

Can't be too much of a president when they have to stay holed up behind blast proof barriers and depend on US bodyguards to keep them alive.

They both meet the classic definition of puppets.

Don

...definitely, very clearly, they cannot comprehend as to why there is still a need for air power."

Ummm... because there's big profits in blowing up very expensive bombs in the desert? A little collateral damage never bothered Raytheon, doesn't Hamid know that?

Colin Powell warned of the current emergence of the terrorism industrial complex, saying that its not good to start an industry that only survives if we are in fear or being attacked. This is why I don't like it when I hear certain candidates saying the words terror, terrorist or terrorism in every speech. Its not all but there are a few of our Democrats that spew those words way too much. Hell, Clinton had a fund raiser dinner that involved people from the industry and other officials that appropriate money for those areas. Not good when our representatives want to support that kind of industry.

in our efforts there. That war should have been fucking WON by now--too bad we've devoted little attention and resources towards it, compared to Iraq--and soon, Iran. War on three fronts, with no draft! Let's see how this works out.

Endgame for Iraqi Oil?



Looks like Bush has failed in his war for oil.

and was roundly criticized for it. Consistently right on matters of war and foreign policy - yet anti-war Democrats aren't supporting him. :crazy:

you know things are bad.

Old habits, especially the bloodlust of corporatism and its chosen henchmen, are hard to break.

Brzezinski gets credit for beginning the mass murder of the people of Afghanistan in the name of corporate imperialism, and for turning insane jihadis into a military organization:

From http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Zbigniew_Brzezinski