We shouldn’t stay in Afghanistan for one single minute longer. It is a war with no objective, no definition of victory, no possibility of victory, no genuine native allies, and no purpose. It is a massive drain of human resources, money and materiel. It is unconscionable that it has gone on this long. It is appalling that after Obama told Karzai that the Taliban were not the enemy and he didn’t want to fight them, that there weren’t immediate calls from the Republicans to end the war and bring our troops home immediately. The entire political class in Washington is clueless, corrupt and compromised.
“Afghanistan cracks down on ads in favor of U.S. troops,” from Reuters, January 22:
Afghanistan’s government, increasingly at odds with Washington, is cracking down on advertisements that promote keeping U.S. troops in the country after 2014 and has already shut down a spot aired by the country’s most widely watched broadcasters.
The commercials – some funded by a U.S. organization – have drawn official criticism because they urge President Hamid Karzai to abandon his refusal to sign a security pact with the United States that would enable the troops to stay.
Broadcasters, which ran the spots for several weeks, came under investigation on grounds that their source of funding was unclear. All have pulled the advertisements off the air.
“We have launched an investigation into broadcasters to find out where they receive money from for such advertisements,” Basir Azizi, a spokesman for the attorney general, told Reuters on Wednesday.
Despite Karzai’s refusal to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) unless several conditions were met, many Afghans are uncertain the army is able to fend off Taliban insurgents without help from the NATO-led ISAF coalition of troops.
The commercials often include interviews with rank-and-file Afghans calling on Karzai to sign the accord immediately.
In one spot, the head of a cultural association tells the president: “You should accept the people’s demand and sign this as soon as possible.”
The crackdown is the latest symptom of Karzai’s hostility to Washington. Last week, he cited a deadly attack on a restaurant to accuse the United States of doing too little to fight terrorism….
JohnKerry says
No no no! You got this baby all wrong. Wait ’till I get Israel signed over to the Palys and I’ll be right over to solve this. Me and Karzy are friends going waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back. Wifey and I used to have dindins with big K and Mrs. big K all the time. Give it time. We need to hang in there, I’m telling ya. There is lots of rare vegetation there that the family business needs. I mean the homies need it and we get it there. So stop fussin’ yaal I’ll be right on it just soon as me and big Owe get old Bibi straightened out. Another coupla weeks at best. JK.
Salah says
“The entire political class in Washington is clueless, corrupt and compromised.”
Amen to that!
No morality, no religion, no God = No Constitution
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
John Adams
mortimer says
Salah, you are correct. Only a nation founded on the Golden Rule has a chance to have democracy. Islam lacks a Golden Rule so tyranny alone can exist where Islam is the political philosophy. Anything but perfect Sharia would not acceptable to the most violent element in their society. Warfare to take over the government is permanently Islamic. Only a very powerful family can remain in power in Islamic countries…but not for long.
JIMJFOX says
“No morality, no religion, no God = No Constitution”
Priceless! And this war has NOTHING to do with religion(s)???
Bradamante says
I am utterly bewildered by the Afghanistan mess. I can’t even begin to understand why we have troops there while Karzai wants us out, why we’re fighting the Taliban and not fighting the Taliban, or, quite simply, what the heck is going on. I’m lost. The part that scares me is that I’m not sure any of our leaders are any less lost.
pongidae rex says
Karzai was elected amidst massive voter fraud, as documented by the UN, yet obama let the election results stand. This is the age of No Great Men in the West. We are led by the biggest pack of fools since the days leading up to World War I.
Larry A. Singleton says
Un FUCKING believable. I love Jihad Watch. I truly do. And even though I’m not a big fan of the label “fan” I’m really a big fan of Jihad Watch. BUT; Jaysus H CHRIST! I just lost my comment because I comitted the unforgiveable sin of forgetting to put my name when I posted it. I got KICKED off the f-ing page, got the big white screen of death. Had to adjust the goddamned screen size to make the page APPEAR. (Which I have to do every time I log on to JW!!!!) I just shot off a complaint not five minutes ago about something else. So help me god Jihad Watch is making me PARANOID! What a drag. I mean What A DRAG. I really, really hope this new site isn’t going to be plagued with all the crap like the old one. Man, I am Bummed out. Maybe I better “copy” this before I post it.
Larry A. Singleton says
Yep. There it goes. After I posted my comment I get the big white friggin screen.
And I don’t see my previous comment. Just great.
Michael Green says
Mr. Spencer,
I do greatly appreciate your great work and tireless efforts in combating the scourge of Islamic Fascism. Nonetheless, to post a Vietnam anti-war video in relation to your article, which I agree with, is an insult to all who have fought, bled, been seriously wounded and killed in this backward 7th century muslim terrorist hell hole, Afghanistan.
The anti-war movement of the 1960’s was headed up by un-American leftist communist sympathizers, who as you are aware, are sympathizers of today’s muslim fascists. The liberal media in America never truly reported facts about that war in Vietnam. Our Forces were fighting a fanatical, murderous enemy who wished to subjugate South Vietnam under the boot heel of their oppressive ways and enslave he Vietnamese people.
Michael Green says
Mr. Spencer,
Please take down this abominable video of that Un-American, leftist drugged out commie freak show, called Woodstock.
marclouis says
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Marbran says
Thanks! I did not see that there.
gravenimage says
Afghanistan cracks down on ads in favor of U.S. troops
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Remember “you’re with us or against us”? Where would that put Karzai?
Of course, Obama is so much more “nuanced” than that, claiming that the Taliban is not an enemy, so I’m sure he’d have no problem with this at all…
More:
Last week, he cited a deadly attack on a restaurant to accuse the United States of doing too little to fight terrorism….
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Grimly laughable, since he is supporting the Taliban, which was almost certainly responsible.
What’s going on in Afghanistan is a comedy of errors—but one with a disconcertingly high body count…
HERKEY ANDERSON says
ALL U.S OUT FOR GOOD! LET THE SAVAGES LIVE OR DIE ON THERE OWN! FUBO! FUBAR!