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Offline thundley4

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Karzai: Afghans Will Back Pakistan If U.S. Attacks
« on: October 23, 2011, 09:32:07 PM »
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that in a war between Pakistan and the U.S., Afghanistan would support Pakistan.

"If fighting starts between Pakistan and the U.S., we are beside Pakistan," he said in an interview with private Pakistani television station GEO that aired Saturday. "If Pakistan is attacked and the people of Pakistan need Afghanistan's help, Afghanistan will be there with you."

Afghanistan's army is being trained and funded by primarily U.S. assistance. The Afghan president's comments come only days after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited both countries and said Islamabad must do more to crack down on militants using its territory as a staging ground for attacks on Afghanistan.

The scenario of a U.S.-Pakistan war is exceedingly unlikely and appears to be less a serious statement of policy than an Afghan overture to Pakistan.

Karzai's comments set off a firestorm of criticism in the country. Afghan lawmakers argued they were particularly hypocritical coming just weeks after the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani by a suicide bomber, which the Afghan government said was planned in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the Taliban's suspected base.
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If we had a real president instead of the Not-So-Great-Pretender,  I'd say pull out of Afghanistan, and every  Muslim ME country, including all foreign aid, while making it widely known that any attacks on US allies will be met with overwhelming force.
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Re: Karzai: Afghans Will Back Pakistan If U.S. Attacks
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 10:19:00 PM »
ALL of our foreign aid to Pakingburg should be pulled immediately.
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Re: Karzai: Afghans Will Back Pakistan If U.S. Attacks
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 04:25:44 AM »
I never agreed with training and equipping any foreign army let alone a islamic one!
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Re: Karzai: Afghans Will Back Pakistan If U.S. Attacks
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 09:25:15 AM »
Karzai fought beside US Special Forces and was even wounded in a friendly fire incident that killed 2 green berets.

The fact of the matter is he is hedging. Obama is weak and has made the US an uncertain ally. Obama even tried to poison Karzai's political waters as soon as the former was sworn in by painting Karzai as worthy of removal. No word ever came forth about who would replace Karzai and since then we've seen how much Obama doesn't consider such things. A-stan could not compete against P-stan which supplies and trains the Taliban.

Obama has also poisoned our place in Iraq by bungling the SOFA negotiations forcing US troops out by year's end. Iraq is sandwiched between Syria and Iran with the Mahdi militia still active the Iraqis have made noises about supporting Assad's suppression of protesters. Think about that for a moment.

Iraq is overwhelmingly Sunni. In Syria Sunnis are also the majority but they are ruled by the 12% Alawite minority and Assad's government is Ba'athist, just as Saddam's was. The Iraqi's have no reason to back Assad other than they fear for their future and are making the best deal they can.

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Re: Karzai: Afghans Will Back Pakistan If U.S. Attacks
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2011, 09:43:00 AM »
Well done, MSB, I think you pretty well covered the situation in a nutshell.
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Re: Karzai: Afghans Will Back Pakistan If U.S. Attacks
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2011, 12:28:44 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on October 24, 2011, 09:43:00 AM
Well done, MSB, I think you pretty well covered the situation in a nutshell.

Agreed....excellent analysis Snugs.....

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