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bobabode
11-25-2013, 06:44 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security-adviser-susan-rice-visits-afghanistan-amid-tension-over-troop-accord/2013/11/25/fd0f8460-55dd-11e3-835d-e7173847c7cc_story.html?hpid=z1

Over $650 billion and over 2,000 dead Americans (not counting 9/11) and this sumbitch Karzai wants us hold his hand in negotiations with the Taliban?
Screw him and Afghanistan.:mad:

Bring the troops home, the sooner the better.

piece-itpete
11-26-2013, 11:31 AM
'Brinkmanship'? More like MAD.

It's a pretty big test of Obama's nettle, partic after being booted from Iraq.

I hope he succeeds.

Pete

whell
11-26-2013, 01:30 PM
How do you engage in peace talks with folks who aren't interested in peace?

piece-itpete
11-26-2013, 02:11 PM
I suspect that if we leave Karzai is a dead man. So are many others.

From what I've seen quite a few tribal leaders over there really, really would rather live a 'normal' life vs the Taliban, but when we leave their village the tallies move back in.

Pete

whell
11-26-2013, 03:11 PM
Actually, I think we screwed this one up. The previous Taliban leader - Mehsud - had actually indicated he might be willing to talk. He was killed by a US drone back around the first of the month. Now, a particularly radical SOB is in charge - Mullah Fazlullah. He's the guy that called for a hit on a teenage girl who dared to advocate that girls in Afghanistan be able to go to school. :rolleyes: