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Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai says government cannot afford to run army until 2020
The Telegraph ^
| 12/8/2009
Posted on 12/08/2009 11:13:48 AM PST by markomalley
Speaking in Kabul alongside the US defence secretary Robert Gates, Mr Karzai said Afghan security forces would take the lead in securing the nation within five years, but that his country would need financial help to pay the salaries and equip the growing number of recruits.
"Afghanistan is looking forward to taking on our responsibilities in terms of paying for its forces with its own resources, but that will not be for another 15 years," he said.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; fail; retreat
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In other words, he wants either our troops or our money until that time.
Sure sounds a lot different than 2011, doesn't it?
To: markomalley
In other words, he wants either our troops or our money until that time. Nah. He wants both.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:18:47 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: markomalley
What do they do with the heroin money?
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:19:02 AM PST
by
Bibman
(Still American and still here.)
To: markomalley
Well, we’re bailing out everything else. Why not a whole country?
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:20:06 AM PST
by
Recovering Hermit
(I shot the rooster, the one that used'er, wake me up at four A.M....)
To: markomalley
As far as I'm concerned, Obama is setting up a cut-and-run operation. We will give up, we will pull out, and Karzai will be left on his own.
I don't know why Karzai is facilitating this plan of Obama's, but he seems to be doing so.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:20:15 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: markomalley
"but that his country would need financial help to pay the salaries and equip the growing number of recruits."
This is a pitch from the Karzai government to the American consumers to buy more of his heroin.
To: Bibman
I believe the Taliban have that.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:23:17 AM PST
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: markomalley
the moment US pull out 2011, patting themselves for job well done, Afghan collapse because they could not fund their military
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:23:48 AM PST
by
4rcane
To: Recovering Hermit
$20b/year is cheap just to keep Afghan out of terrorist control
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:25:12 AM PST
by
4rcane
To: markomalley
One of the biggest erors in VietNam was getting rid of Diem, as he had true nationalist cred. The generals who replaced him were oppotunistic weasels. The biggest mistake in Afghanistan was keeping Karzai who has no cred and is an opportunistic weasel. There must have been some leader who rode with those Green Beret horse soldiers whom we could have recruited to take the reins of the country.
To: 4rcane
Now, or 50 years from now...it collapses when we leave.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:26:42 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: 4rcane
the moment US pull out 2011, patting themselves for job well done, Afghan collapse because they could not fund their military.
afghanistan will collapse anyway the day we pull out.
no need to invest some extra money in the country.
the collapse is inevitable.
To: markomalley
Gore’s Global warming ends the world in 2015 anyhow.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:27:21 AM PST
by
MNDude
(The Republican Congress Economy--1995-2007)
To: markomalley; All
"Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai says government cannot afford to run army until 2020"
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:27:57 AM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: markomalley
Hamid doesn't get it. Once Democrats decide to cut and run, they pull the funding too. They don't give a crap about the troops or casualties, they want the $$ for their pet projects and graft.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:34:20 AM PST
by
colorado tanker
(What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
To: 4rcane
the moment US pull out 2011, patting themselves for job well done, Afghan collapse because they could not fund their military It will be like our pull-out from Vietnam, followed by the killing fields of Cambodia.
Oops.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:35:47 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: MNDude
Give them all the tanks they need. Oh, I forgot, and bullets too. And then get the troops the HELL OUT OF THERE!
If we’re not going to go after OSAMA, then get grunts the hell out! Let the airforce drop MOABS all day long.
We can’t be everywhere we find a towel-head-hating American! If that’s the case, we might as well invade half of Africa and the entire Middle-East!
To: 4rcane
$20b/year is cheap just to keep Afghan out of terrorist control. I'll bet you a stimulus package that it will end up to be much, much more than that per year.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:37:49 AM PST
by
Recovering Hermit
(I shot the rooster, the one that used'er, wake me up at four A.M....)
To: LibFreeUSA
...excuse me - that's "American-hating towel-head!"
To: 4rcane
$20b/year is cheap just to keep Afghan out of terrorist control.For what we spent on GM & AIG alone, we could send those checks to Karzai for the next 12-15 years.
If this is what is called "lighting a fire under Karzai", screw it. Bring our troops home, and promise the Taliban we're going to turn their areas of operations into parking lots. Use airbursts to limit nuclear fallout.
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posted on
12/08/2009 11:40:58 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(If Dick Cheney = Darth Vader, then Joe Biden = Dark Helmet)
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