You’re wrong about Karzai. Give him more time and get clarification on what he said and what he meant. YOU need to face the reality of the alliance built by the Bush administration and the way the Obamas are wrecking it. American lives are at stake, as well as those of our coalition partners. We are not going to cut and run, as you would like us to do. You are the one who does not understand America.
I am not an expert on islamism, but I know what it is and I know it is a threat and I know we need allies in the Middle East.
So you are talking about the same Karzai, that has an anti-American warlord as one of his VPs? YOU need to face the reality that the infidel does not get to dictate to Muslims what Islam is. They will stand with Islam over the infidel.
We cannot change the Islamic world, 8 years later, and you cannot figure that out. How many more troops should die?
Explain what I do not understand about America....we are not the magical country that change the world.
The problem is here now, the ME is the least of the problem.
We have no Islamic allies, they are making fools of us.
Afghan Prez Infuriated With the Capture of Taliban #2
http://loganswarning.com/2010/03/15/afghan-prez-infuriated-with-the-capture-of-taliban-2/
From a mother who has a son in the US Military. Karzai only cares about being in power.
“We have to follow the Karzai 12 rules. But the Taliban has no rules,” he said. “Our soldiers have to juggle all these rules and regulations and they do it without hesitation despite everything. It’s not easy for anyone out here.”
“Karzai 12” refers to Afghanistan’s newly re-elected president, Hamid Karzai, and a dozen rules set down by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, to try to keep Afghan civilian casualties to a minimum.
“It’s a framework to ensure cultural sensitivity in planning and executing operations,” said Capt. Thoreen. “It’s a set of rules and could be characterized as part of the ROE,” he said, referring to the rules of engagement.
Dozens of U.S. soldiers who spoke to The Washington Times during a recent visit to southern Afghanistan said these rules sometimes make a perilous mission even more difficult and dangerous.
Many times, the soldiers said, insurgents have escaped because U.S. forces are enforcing the rules. Meanwhile, they say, the toll of U.S. dead and injured is mounting.
By mid-November, Capt. Thoreen’s unit had lost five soldiers to suicide bombings and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Many more had been wounded and three of their Stryker vehicles had been destroyed.
In his Aug. 30 assessment of the situation in Afghanistan, which was leaked to the press, Gen. McChrystal said that the legitimacy of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had been “severely damaged … in the eyes of the Afghan people” because of “an over-reliance on firepower and force protection.”
To succeed, he wrote, “ISAF will have to change its operating culture to pursue a counterinsurgency approach that puts the Afghan people first.” This entails “accepting some risk in the short term [but] will ultimately save lives in the long term.”
The Times compiled an informal list of the new rules from interviews with U.S. forces. Among them:
• No night or surprise searches.
• Villagers have to be warned prior to searches.
• ANA or ANP must accompany U.S. units on searches.
• U.S. soldiers may not fire at the enemy unless the enemy is preparing to fire first.
• U.S. forces cannot engage the enemy if civilians are present.
• Only women can search women.
• Troops can fire at an insurgent if they catch him placing an IED but not if insurgents are walking away from an area where explosives have been laid.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/16/us-troops-battle-taliban-afghan-rules/?page=3