Inkwell Institute
International Studies Group
For nine years we have been playing war against the Taleban and AQ…mostly the Taleban in Afghanistan…..we pick our man in Afghanistan…Karzai and we have put all our marbles in his basket and in return for all our support….after all we get him elected twice…he repays the US with threats like these….
Karzai accused foreign powers of orchestrating election fraud last year, just three days after US President Barack Obama made a secret weekend trip to Afghanistan to warn him to do more to tackle government corruption.
He went so far as to claim that such moves risked the 126,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan being seen as “invaders” — terminology used by the Taliban — and their nine-year insurgency becoming viewed as “a national resistance.”
He made that threat twice in less than a week….that if he chooses he will join forces with the Taleban and fight against “foreign invaders”….
Nice talk from a man that owes his political career to the West…without their support he would have been laid to rest years ago…..this man is trying to play both sides against the middle….maybe we should have listened to the ONLY person in the Obama admin that was dead set against giving Karzai more support….Joe Biden.
Without us Foreign fighters, Karzai is little more than the mayor of Kabul…he owes his very existence on the “foreigners”….I even heard some pundits from various think tanks that said the US should NOT nitpick on Karzai…..I say f*ck him!
I mean this is a corrupt admin running Afghanistan…..his whole family is into shady dealings from drugs to bribes to arms….why would we continue to support this person? A good answer or at least a starting point, is to find out how much cash this “person” gets from the US and other “foreigners”……
This is all so much crap! Our best bet was in the 80’s,when we had a substantial ally in the Northern Alliance….but that was out of the question because they are NOT Pashtun…they are mostly Tajiks….and that would have been a minority running the country….wait!….the Taleban was a minority that we handed the reins of government because Washington is STUPID!
Is there truly a government that can be best for the whole country of Afghanistan? I have a few ideas and I will put them forth in the coming weeks and want to see how many people will agree with my assessment…..
If you truly want an answer then I suggest that you ask the Military-Industrial Complex…….keep in mind….war is good business!
A good post and obviously correct, but I wonder why you (or anyone else) sound surprised or even upset.
To me Karzai is just another tin-pot dictator in a lawless region. The American (well, in truth, the Western) idea we have been fed that we will bring democracy to the area is nothing more than a joke – a pipe dream!
Karzai is simply an expediency. The trouble is that the US in particular (the Brits are better at this) fails abysmally to get into the hearts and minds of the people. That I believe is in large part because of the American psyche – you have an unfailing belief in “the American way” which in reality doesn’t actually exist and is simply another myth created by the same corporate structures that are running the war machine for their own devious purposes.
If any of us wants to win anything in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, then our troops have to understand the languages and thinking processes of the locals and also WHY they think the way they do – and RESPECT their views, rather than just trying to change them.
As things currently are, the ONLY way to rule such an area IS as a dictator – a powerful one (and frequently short-lived)! WE can’t make democracy work as it should for US! How the hell do we expect to make it work for THEM?
Believe me I knew he was a dick and I am not surprised…..am surprised at how Washington is handling it….doing nothing comes naturally….the US problem is that most of the interpreters are being let go because they are gay….all you say is so true…and Biden told them not to send more troops that Karzai was NOT going to be an effective leader……democracy is just a word and the sooner we accept that the better we can make the world….but Afghanistan will always be a tribal country and NO amount of good will or whatever you want to throw at them will make a difference……..
I’d be surprised if they weren’t already considered invaders… that’s what they are!
Hiya Chris…..technically speaking you are correct……
Have you seen the story that they are trying to explain his actions by saying he may be partaking in the cash crop of Afghanistan?
Trying to explain away his irrational behavior, temper tantrums, etc…..