Afghan President Karzai demands NATO stop airstrikes on homes

[thundley4]

The NATO air campaign has played a critical role in the battle against the Taliban, but airstrikes that also kill civilians are further eroding support for the war.

Kabul, Afghanistan
After giving NATO forces their “last warning” to stop civilian casualties, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has upped the stakes by demanding that international forces stop airstrikes on Afghan houses.

“If they don’t stop airstrikes on Afghan homes, their presence in Afghanistan will be considered as an occupying force and against the will of the Afghan people,” Mr. Karzai told reporters. “Such attacks will no longer be allowed.”

The Afghan president has threatened unspecified action if the bombings continue, however, strong pronouncements such as this one have become common for the president, and he has yet to act on any of his threats. Meanwhile, it seems unlikely that NATO forces will stop their air war as a result of Karzai’s demand.

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How would we react if the Mexican government made incursions into the US to go after the drug cartels and killed innocent people?

[JohnnyReb]

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How would we react if the Mexican government made incursions into the US to go after the drug cartels and killed innocent people?

With the Obama bunch in Washington the answer to that would be, "Damned if I know?" Probably loan them some helicopters,

[CG6468]

Point taken, thundley4, but we're at war with the terrorists. We're not at war with Mexico.

Anyway, Karzai's words speak much louder than his actions. All hollow blusters and rants.

We should just get them hell outta the mid east, anyway. Those people have been at war with each other for centuries, and if our pols think they can change their barbaric way of life...............

[Eupher]

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How would we react if the Mexican government made incursions into the US to go after the drug cartels and killed innocent people?

Well, that's not quite accurate. I think what you mean is how would we react if we had a foreign power with troops on our soil -- let's call 'em Mexican just for the sake of discussion -- and those troops launched attacks against THEIR enemy (not ours) and killed innocent American civilians?

[true_blood]

Karzai should go back to his cave and let our troops and NATO troops do what they need to do to win the war.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Well, that's not quite accurate. I think what you mean is how would we react if we had a foreign power with troops on our soil -- let's call 'em Mexican just for the sake of discussion -- and those troops launched attacks against THEIR enemy (not ours) and killed innocent American civilians?

Part of the problem is our own propaganda coming back to haunt us, we've spent ten years BSing-up our super-precise smart weapons and pervasive, saturational intelligence-gathering systems, 'waaaaaay beyond what either one can routinely deliver, and unfortunately the people we're 'Helping' actually believe it all.