Karzai says he’d ‘choose the Taliban’ over US

[Cohibia]

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says would side with the Taliban if he had to do it all over again.

AP Monday, December 13th, 2010
In late October, Gen. David H. Petraeus, US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and other top officials were trying to convince Karzai to back down on an order banning all foreign private security contractors from Afghanistan. The Afghan president decided he had heard enough, according to a new report in The Washington Post.

"If I had to choose sides today, I'd choose the Taliban," Karzai seethed.

The "main enemies" of Afghanistan are the Taliban, the United States and the international community, according to Karzai.

In August, Karzai had surprised the US Embassy in Kabul by announcing that he was banning foreign security contractors.


 

[Soul Crusher]

Everything Bama has touched has turned to absolute shit. 

[240 is Back]

Everything Bama has touched has turned to absolute shit. 

yep.  Until Januaur 2009, Karzai was a great guy with no drug and terror affiliations.

Everything changed last year.

[240 is Back]

33,

instead of just agreeing with world sentiment that karzai is a crooked bum in bed with bad guys - you let your disdain for obama drive you to anger where it's not even that appropriate. 

Bush installed this 'leader'.  Obama's state dept has criticized the hell out of Karzai. And Obama ramped up airstrikes in the country.

If you're hating on obama - in this thread - then it may mean you're on karzai's side, and pissed off that Obama has increased airstrikes and criticized the crooked ass way afghanistan is doing things.  Is this the case?

[Soul Crusher]

33,

instead of just agreeing with world sentiment that karzai is a crooked bum in bed with bad guys - you let your disdain for obama drive you to anger where it's not even that appropriate. 

Bush installed this 'leader'.  Obama's state dept has criticized the hell out of Karzai. And Obama ramped up airstrikes in the country.

If you're hating on obama - in this thread - then it may mean you're on karzai's side, and pissed off that Obama has increased airstrikes and criticized the crooked ass way afghanistan is doing things.  Is this the case?

Say what you want about Bush - but he kept Afghanistan under control with very limited loss of life on our end compared to Iraq.   Of course Karzais is corrupt, but please 240 - everywhere on the planet, our firegin policy has comletely collapse in the last two years.   

[kcballer]

240 333 would side with ANYONE over obama.  Even a terrorist in Afghanistan.  He honestly hates America more than he says Obama does.

[Option D]

Say what you want about Bush - but he kept Afghanistan under control with very limited loss of life on our end compared to Iraq.   Of course Karzais is corrupt, but please 240 - everywhere on the planet, our firegin policy has comletely collapse in the last two years.   

Amazing..

[Cohibia]

Say what you want about Bush - but he kept Afghanistan under control with very limited loss of life on our end compared to Iraq.   Of course Karzais is corrupt, but please 240 - everywhere on the planet, our firegin policy has comletely collapse in the last two years.   

 

[Soul Crusher]

240 333 would side with ANYONE over obama.  Even a terrorist in Afghanistan.  He honestly hates America more than he says Obama does.

   

No, I am saying that Bush seemed to have Afghanistan under control formost of his term and if you look at the death count of our soldiers, it has greatly increased in thelast two years and things seem to have completely collapsed.  That is a fact.  


And yes, I do detest Obama.  

[kcballer]

Amazing..

Talk about revisionist history right there.

Has anyone else noticed 333 going from a decent poster to more of a spammer/troll who consistently sides against anything Obama even if he fundamentally agrees with it?  He'll go against his own country and beliefs just to make a negative statement about Obama.  

[24KT]

Say what you want about Bush - but he kept Afghanistan under control with very limited loss of life on our end compared to Iraq.   Of course Karzais is corrupt, but please 240 - everywhere on the planet, our firegin policy has comletely collapse in the last two years.   

Just because Bush kept the focus on Iraq, doesn't mean he had Afghanistan under control.
You guys were always getting your asses kicked over there to the point where Republican congressmen were calling for a coalition gov which included the Taliban.

[blacken700]

Everything Bama has touched has turned to absolute shit. 

man you better check in to the nut house,really i think your going off the deep end

[240 is Back]

Say what you want about Bush - but he kept Afghanistan under control with very limited loss of life on our end compared to Iraq.

yes.  He managed to spend a trillion bucks NOT winning a war for 8 years.

Obama's solution - a surge - did result in greater loss of lie, just as the iraqi surge did. 

[Dos Equis]

You guys were always getting your asses kicked over there

lol

[OzmO]

I think it boils down to jealousy.  What else can come from the State of Canada?

[Dos Equis]

I think it boils down to jealousy.  What else can come from the State of Canada?

Canada has given us some good stuff.  Michael Buble.  Lots of decent immigrants (who couldn't wait to leave Canada for the U.S.).  Steve Nash.  Jim Carrey . . . .

[Soul Crusher]

Canada has given us some good stuff.  Michael Buble.  Lots of decent immigrants (who couldn't wait to leave Canada for the U.S.).  Steve Nash.  Jim Carrey . . . .

Canada= bad ass snipers. 

[Dos Equis]

Canada= bad ass snipers. 

Yep.

[tu_holmes]

Can't believe 3333 actually said that shit.

Come on dude... Your hatred of Obama blinds you.

As far as I'm concerned... If Karzai said that, then he's made his choice... The Taliban is all his.

Bring our boys home!

This is a great reason.

[Soul Crusher]

yes.  He managed to spend a trillion bucks NOT winning a war for 8 years.

Obama's solution - a surge - did result in greater loss of lie, just as the iraqi surge did. 

At this point i think we should just come home and let all these idiots kill each other. 

[Soul Crusher]

Can't believe 3333 actually said that shit.

Come on dude... Your hatred of Obama blinds you.

As far as I'm concerned... If Karzai said that, then he's made his choice... The Taliban is all his.

Bring our boys home!

This is a great reason.

I agree - time to come home.

Either we fight to win or come home.  I see no reason one more american needs to die for this fiasco we obviously have no intention of winning.  . 

[240 is Back]

I agree - time to come home.

Either we fight to win or come home.  I see no reason one more american needs to die for this fiasco we obviously have no intention of winning.  . 

This "no intention of winning"

Was that the case with just obama, or was bush's approach pretty much the same?

[Soul Crusher]

Both. 

[240 is Back]

Both. 

props for the honesty man.

war's about resources and keeping people emplyed and shareholders rich.

a lot of ppl lose $ when war ends.

[Soul Crusher]

9 years is long enough. We won WW2 in four years for fucks sake!  What are we doing over there?