Yeah, tell 'em Karzai, Stand Up, Speak Out
Hey Good work Karzai, stand up and speak out against U.S. invasion and Occupation of Afghanistan.
The U.S. Govt has sent its own young men and women, mainly poor persons of color and not college educated, to die in Afghanistan, and to kill as many innocent
Afghans and Pakistanis as possible.
Why?
Because the U,S. Govt is Greedy and Violent.
The U.S. Govt is the 1%
We the People are the 99% -- whether we live in Afghanistan, Pakistan or the USA!
Take note -- Afghanistan is a gr8 place for the U.S. Govt to attack
Iran and steal her oil, defend Israel, attack Palestine and exploit Pakistan's weak state.
And also steal Afghanistan's enormous extractable resources
which have been detailed by the USGS -- United States Geological Survey.
Remember the U.S. govt is not US!
Never confuse the American govt with the American PEOPLE.
Occupy the USA!
Chithra KarunaKaran
Ethical Democracy As Lived Practice Blog
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lashed back at Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Friday, saying the Afghan leader should say thank you now and then to
the allied forces who are fighting and dying there, rather than
criticizing them.
Panetta was responding to Karzai's complaints Thursday that the U.S.
is failing to go after militants based in Pakistan, and instead is
concentrating on the insurgents in Afghanistan.
"We have made progress in
Afghanistan because there are men and women in uniform who have been
willing to fight and die for Afghanistan's sovereignty," Panetta
snapped, as he spoke with reporters traveling with him to South America.
"Those lives were lost fighting the right enemy not the wrong enemy and
I think it would be helpful if the president, every once in a while,
expressed his thanks for the sacrifices that have been made by those who
have fought and died for Afghanistan, rather than criticizing them."
The uncharacteristic shot from
Panetta comes as tensions between the two countries have escalated over
the increase in insider attacks, where Afghan security forces or
insurgents dressed in their uniforms have turned their guns on coalition
troops. And it raises the temperature on the heels of the announcement
that, as of last weekend, 2,000 U.S. troops had lost their lives in the
war.
At the same time, however, there
is persistent frustration with the insurgents, including members of the
Haqqani network, who wage attacks against coalition forces in
Afghanistan and can then retreat to their safe havens in Pakistan. U.S.
officials have repeatedly pressed Islamabad to more forcefully go after
the insurgents, including Haqqani factions in and around North
Waziristan.
But, the U.S. also routinely uses drone strikes across the border into Pakistan to target and kill militants.
Karzai spoke at a press conference, complaining that if NATO troops
want to go after terrorists they need to go where their safe havens are.
And he also expressed frustration that Afghan forces aren't getting the
weapons they need from NATO allies, suggesting Afghanistan might have
to go to other countries such as China and Russia to get them.
Panetta's sharp retort also comes just days before he and other NATO
defense ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the war and the road
ahead, as allied forces begin to withdraw and transfer security to the
Afghans. And the exchanges could fuel concerns among NATO allies that
the insider attacks may be eroding trust between coalition and Afghan
troops, making security transition all the more difficult.
Panetta last met with Karzai in May when he traveled to Afghanistan
to meet with commanders and visit troops before the holidays. Both
Panetta and Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in
Afghanistan, will attend the NATO meeting.
Asked whether the insider attacks could prompt some allies to seek a
faster withdrawal from Afghanistan, Panetta reaffirmed support for the
current timeline that has combat troops leaving the warzone by the end
of 2014 and turning security over to the Afghan forces. Officials have
said that as many as 20,000 U.S. troops could remain over time, to
continue training and counterterrorism efforts.
"My goal is to make clear to NATO and to our allies that we are
taking all steps necessary to confront this issue and that it should not
be allowed to deter us from the plan that General Allen put in place,"
Panetta said.
To date there have been 53 NATO
troops killed in insider attacks, prompting military leaders to briefly
curtail some partnered operations and set up a new approval process for
those that involve smaller units.
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