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US wants to keep 9 bases in Afghanistan, Karzai says
Associated Press ^ | 5-9-2013 | KATHY GANNON

Posted on 05/09/2013 7:37:33 AM PDT by haffast

KABUL -- The U.S. wants to keep nine bases in Afghanistan after American combat troops withdraw in 2014 and the Afghan government will let them as long as it gets "security and economic guarantees," President Hamid Karzai said Thursday in his first public offer in talks about the future relationship between the two uneasy allies.

U.S. officials have made no final announcement about how many troops might remain in Afghanistan after 2014, although they have said as many as many as 12,000 U.S. and coalition forces could remain to train and advise Afghans and continue counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and other extremists.

The Afghan government would have to approve any such decision, but months of negotiations over a bilateral security agreement have been troubled with disagreements over handing over detainees and anger over alleged misbehavior by American troops.

Karzai has made many statements about the issue but gave his first specific statement about bases at a ceremony at Kabul University.

"We are giving the bases, nine bases they want from Afghanistan in all of Afghanistan," he said.

But in return, Afghanistan wants a U.S. commitment to boost its security, strengthen its armed forces and promise long-term economic development.

"It is our condition that they bring security and bring it quickly and strengthen the Afghan forces and the economy," he said. "When they (the U.S.) do this, we are ready to sign" a partnership agreement.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cocaine; nationbuilding; pakistan; pipeline; waronterror
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What will the rent on nine bases in Afghanistan be?
Nothing permanent now. We're leavin' ya know.


1 posted on 05/09/2013 7:37:33 AM PDT by haffast
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To: haffast

>> security and economic guarantees

Yeah, especially those “economic” guarantees.

We ought to pull out completely and just let the extortionist have the place. We can nuke it from orbit later when it reverts to the violent moongod cesspool it’s been for about a thousand years.


2 posted on 05/09/2013 7:41:06 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Nervous Tick

Is the US really that stupid?


3 posted on 05/09/2013 7:43:44 AM PDT by ricmc2175
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To: ricmc2175

>> Is the US really that stupid?

That’s one of those “rhetorical” questions, right? :-)

Short answer, “yes”.


4 posted on 05/09/2013 7:47:17 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: haffast

Too bad Washington’s farewell address has been forgotten.


5 posted on 05/09/2013 7:51:50 AM PDT by allendale
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But in return, Afghanistan wants a U.S. commitment

Well this will be an interesting discussion. Who do you trust most to honor such commitments? Karzai or The One ?

6 posted on 05/09/2013 7:53:20 AM PDT by llevrok (2013: - Obama vs America. The new cold war)
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To: ricmc2175
Is the US really that stupid?

I assume that question is rhetorical?

7 posted on 05/09/2013 7:54:55 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: haffast

The US will continue to secure the Afghan heroin production


8 posted on 05/09/2013 7:55:12 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: llevrok
"Well this will be an interesting discussion. Who do you trust most to honor such commitments? Karzai or The One ?"

That is a real race to the bottom. I think Karzai because he is more the standard corruption model. He can be bought or at least rented. Obama wants the US brought down to suit his ideology and hatred.

9 posted on 05/09/2013 7:59:01 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: haffast

CLOSE THEM!

Bush Waterboarded jehadist clowns...they gave us bin laden...

Our spooks found Bin Laden...but too late for Bush to do anything about it

the pretender decided against his own better judgement to kill bin laden.

He is DEAD

time to get out.

until the White Hut turns back to the White House, its best for the military to pull back...because with him as _resident he could use the military to destroy our true friends like Israel....


10 posted on 05/09/2013 8:00:53 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: haffast

I wonder how many of these bases will be right next to an oil or gas pipeline ?


11 posted on 05/09/2013 8:03:14 AM PDT by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: haffast
Bring our boys and girls home..I am tired of these bastards killing our kids.
12 posted on 05/09/2013 8:09:32 AM PDT by PLD
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To: haffast
President Hamid Karzai, knows that after the Americans leave he is a dead man, it is in his personal interest to have a U.S. ground presence in Afghanistan. I just hope we don't end up with a Shah of Afghanistan.
13 posted on 05/09/2013 8:09:33 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: haffast

Ask the British about leaving Afghanistan in 1842! Sometimes it is harder to get out!

http://history1800s.about.com/od/colonialwars/a/kabul1842.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842_retreat_from_Kabul


14 posted on 05/09/2013 8:16:02 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone burns a cross on your lawn, the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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To: haffast

It makes more sense than pulling out completely, which is what we did in Iraq.


15 posted on 05/09/2013 8:35:52 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: haffast

Target practice for the Taliban.


16 posted on 05/09/2013 8:36:11 AM PDT by Old North State
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To: haffast
Don't think of them as bases.

Think of them as giant American Taxpayer money funnels!

17 posted on 05/09/2013 8:51:34 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up" Jeremiah 50:32)
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To: haffast
NINE bases in Afghanistan, but NOTHING in all of Iraq?

Which area is more critical to our nation strategically?
Which area cost us more in blood and treasure?

18 posted on 05/09/2013 8:53:33 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: rawcatslyentist

You are so focused on the negative you can’t see what they are.

They are Iranian containment.

You don’t see the big picture


19 posted on 05/09/2013 8:56:28 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

well THAT worked out well... yikes!


20 posted on 05/09/2013 8:59:53 AM PDT by wyowolf
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