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Karzai threatens to join Taliban
April 5, 2010 - 7:16pm
Today's big news: Karzai threatens to join the Taliban. This comes right after he visited Kandahar and told people there that NATO's planned June offensive -- "the fulcrum of the entire war" according to the New York Times -- wasn't going to happen.
Earlier, I blogged about President Karzai's brother Wali, the strongman of Kandahar. A new article in the UK Independent details how the people despise him as a terrorist, warlord and drug trafficker.
Looking forward to the contortions of the pro-war crowd as they try to justify Canada's continued involvement in the occupation.
The CBC.ca story could have been headlined 'Karzai threatens to rejoin the Taliban', since he supported them as a tribal chief in Kandahar for a couple of years in the 1990s. Also, I know there are 'the Afghan people will win' threads, but I figured this big news might warrant its own thread.
So this means that Uncle Sam's proxies of the 1980s and today will be merging with their proxies in Kabul from the 90's?
It's been one long phony-baloney war on terror.
I heard that Harper was considering Karzai as their candidate in Edmonton Strathcona but the Taliban offered him a better deal. Helen Guergis has got an offer from them on the table.
Karzai is simply following the old "if ya can't beat 'em" adage.
Karzai is attempting to win greater support among Kandahar (province) village elders by adopting an antagonistic stance against the U.S.A. So far, the Pentagon, Defense Department, White House and State Department are tolerating it.
Imagine what would happen if he were to fall from Uncle Sam's favor.
Can you say the words "coup", "depose", "replace"?
Just saw Karzai on The National explaining that his relations with his allies in the West remain excellent. Hmmmmm.....
I think Afghans have a similar problem to what voters have in the US and Canada. The government and official opposition parties are interchangeable.
I suspect today Karzai's been brought off by the US - maybe not the first time, either.
Taleban Accuses Afghan President of 'Playing Games'
http://news.scotsman.com/12007/Taleban-accuses-Afghan-president-of.62075...
"After three successive outbursts blaming foreigners for last year's election fraud, acccusing western troops of meddling and finally threatening to join the Taleban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai suffered a fresh blow last night when the insurgents essentially told him to get lost.
'It's just a game he is playing,' said Taleban spokesman Zabiulla Mujahid. He is trying to show people he is not under the control of the Americans, but it is completely false. If he really wants to join the Taleban, first he should face justice. He should face justice for bringing foreign troops to Afghanistan. He should face justice for all the crime which has happened under his rule in Afghanistan, and for the corruption that is going on now. Then we'll decide whether we'll join with him or not.."
both are correct
It's time for us to leave Afghanistan.
Karzai denied the allegation.
Well we know that the US Military is not in Afghanistan to defeat "Al-Qa'eda" or stop terrorism. What we do know is that US elite pride themselves as running a country that is traditionally viewed as the world cop and world enforcer. What do they enforce? Western banking rules and expanded private property laws to benefit a wealthy handful few global elites.
The USSA is an empire on the wane, and especially so since the financial collapse. The global enforcers can ill afford to be seen as weak and ineffective in carrying out its imperialist military agenda against one of the weakest countries in the world militarily and economically speaking. I think Hillary Clinton coming to Canada to attempt to convince Canadians that our leaders are not stooges for Warshington was an act of desperation. Karzai is also desperate in his attempt to distance himself from his imperial handlers in Warshington.
Harper teaches Karzai a lesson by sending 90 more Canadian soldiers to Afghanistan to serve as target practice
Like all tin pot dictators he will be assassinated if he gets too out of control. Of course it will be blamed on the Taliban and they will be happy to claim the kill even if they aren't involved.
How Afghan President Hamid Karzai Wound Up in Washington's Bad Books
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/afghanistan/article/793070--walkom-ho...
"Karzai also knows that US plans to begin troop withdrawals next July give him just 15 months to strike a favourable compromise with the Taliban.."
CBC had someone on P&P last week saying Karzai is either mentally unstable or on drugs.
The tin pot dictator wears a shiny tin hat?
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Threatens to Block NATO Offensive
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7094217.ece
"The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai has cast doubt over NATO's planned summer offensive against the Taliban in the southern province of Kandahar, as more than 10,000 American troops pur in for the fight.."
Karzai probably understands that the majority of the people are with the insurgents and if NATO is brutal ow and leaves next year him and his family will become bloody history.
Siddiqui: Time for NATO to Face Facts - The Jig is Up
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/793145--time-for-nato-to-face-fac...
"What if Karzai has not gone off his rocker, is not cracking under pressure and not acting out wild mood swings, as alleged, but is, in fact, being smart? He has seen the writing on the wall: the jig is up on the NATO mission..."
Mr. MacKay was accompanied by Public Works Minister Rona AmbroseEric Margolis - "US Puppet Cut his Strings"
Karzai should read some history of American puppets who cut their strings. It generally doesn't work out well for them. I doubt if he will personally survive to see the end game.