Video: Karzai responds to reporter’s question about terrorism [must see]

Hotair ^ | 09/26/2006 | Hotair

[PajamaTruthMafia]

We’ve gotten four or five requests for this since it aired this morning. It’s not so much what he says as how he says it: the long pauses, the look of utter incredulity that an educated person — from New York City, no less — might not still appreciate the stakes five years later.

You’ll find the clip at the end of this sequence, which also features Bush’s angry comments about the NIE leak. Rarely has he been so blunt in his criticism of the press.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

It takes an outsider to slap down the MSM with a dose of reality.

[lormand]

I heard it earlier, classic!

[nuconvert]

Thanks for posting!

[cgk]

BTTT

[jdm]

Is there's a way to download the video instead of streaming it, please post the link. Those videos on Hot Air take forever to stream. I'm on DSL and 5-10 minutes later it's still loading.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

Here's a partial transcript (but watch it if you can)

KARZAI: Ma'am, before I go to the remarks by my brother, President Musharraf, terrorism was hurting us way before Iraq or September 11. The president mentioned some examples of it.

These extremist forces were killing people in Afghanistan and around for years, closing schools, burning mosques, killing children, uprooting vineyards with vine trees, grapes hanging on them, forcing populations to poverty and misery.

They came to America on September 11, but they were attacking you before September 11 in other parts of the world.

KARZAI: We are a witness in Afghanistan as to what they are and how they can hurt. You are a witness in New York.

Do you forget people jumping off the 80th floor or 70th floor when the planes hit them? Can you imagine what it will be for a man or a woman to jump off that high?

Who did that? And where are they now? And how do we fight them, how do we get rid of them, other than going after them? Should we wait for them to come and kill us again?

That's why we need more action around the world, in Afghanistan and elsewhere, to get them defeated. Extremism, their allies, terrorists and the likes of them.

On the remarks of my brother, President Musharraf, Afghanistan is a country that is emerging out of so many years of war and destruction and occupation by terrorism and misery that they brought to us.

KARZAI: We lost almost two generations to the lack of education. And those who were educated before that are now older.

We know our problems. We have difficulties. But Afghanistan also knows where the problem is, in extremism, in madrassas preaching hatred, places by the name of madrassas preaching hatred. That's what we should do together, to stop.

The United States, as an ally, is helping both countries. And I think it is very important that we have more dedication and more intense work, with sincerity, all of us, to get rid of the problems that we have around the world.

Here's the whole transcript:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092600631.html?nav=rss_politics

[RepoGirl]

Score one for Karzai! He's the man! I can't decide what's better, the slightly exasperated, paternal tone he takes with her, or the questions of her empathy toward the jumpers on 9/11.

Best way to defeat a liberal, give them glaring truth of their lack of empathy and decency.

[Toespi]

Can't wait to see this clip replayed on the alphabets tonight.

[sarasota]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

[stylin19a]

good bits....declassify..better known as "stategery".
When the rats get their hats handed to them, they will, of course, blame Karl Rove for the set-up.

[rlmorel]

ping!!!!

[roaddog727]

Kickin'

Prez. Karzai lays it out in stark terms.

So does Prez. Bush

[Nachum]

An interesting and articulate man. Worth listening to.

[jazusamo]

I can't decide what's better, the slightly exasperated, paternal tone he takes with her, or the questions of her empathy toward the jumpers on 9/11

It was the combination of both that probably wanted to make her crawl under her chair. Maybe she'll think twice before asking a stupid question again.

[petercooper]

bttt

[RedCell]

You probably won't.

[RedCell]

I LOVE THAT CLIP! Yes, I'm shouting. That's how pumped up I am to see the look of disdain in Karzai's eyes as he's speaking to that sorry-@ss excuse for a reporter.

I wish they would have left in the part where Bush rattles off the list of "hits" that occurred before Iraq which only goes to emphasize Karzai's point.

God, these cut-n-run, appease at any cost losers REALLY MAKE ME FURIOUS! THEY JUST DON'T GET IT!

Whew! Off my soap box. All better now (NOT!) ;-)

[ArGee]

I saw it for the first time on this clip. Wonderful! President Karzai could have just as easily been saying "Are you stupid or something?" But, of course, we must be statesmen.

Shalom.

[LadyPilgrim]

Reality is right! Oh my!!!

All I can say is WOW!!!

[CoolPapaBoze]

This is the money line:

Should we wait for them to kill us again?