Karzai challenges hypocritical White man
On June 23rd Saturday, the American and NATO supported (and installed) President of Afghanistan Ahmed Karzai said the following. He was upset over the deaths of civilians caught in the middle of fighting between coalition US led troops and militant fighters.
"The disproportionate use of force to a situation and the lack of coordination with the Afghan government is causing these casualties," Karzai said. "You don't fight a terrorist by firing a field gun 30 some kilometers away into a target. That is definitely surely bound to cause civilian casualties."
According to President Karzai, an incident where 25 civilians were killed occurred when NATO forces came under fire in a village at around sunset and then the NATO forces went and bombed the village late night. He asked the question "why?" Even the US military admitted confirm that seven children died last Sunday when they bombed a building in eastern Afghanistan where al Qaeda fighters were believed gathered.
According to International press reports on CNN and BBC, Karzai stated "They cannot bring standards from their countries in the West and try to apply it in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a different country. It has different values systems. It has a different community structure. From now onward, they have to work the way we ask them to work in here. That's the line."
Karzai's remarks reflect growing unease among Afghans at the rising civilian death toll as foreign troops continue efforts to rid the country of Taliban.
Those are pretty harsh words coming from a man installed (and preferred) by the British and US regimes in their fight against Taleban rebels and Al-Qaeda terrorists. There have been many innocent civilian casualties caused by the forces armed with the most sophisticated weapons guidance systems, intelligence gathering electronics and are the best equipped and (financed)trained forces in the world.
Will the US Ambassador and British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka who are so critical of accidental civilian casualties be able to spin this news or explain away/rebut these harsh criticisms from their own man in Afghanistan while pointing fingers at Sri Lankan forces?
Hey Chilcott baby? What say you old chap? Another gin and tonic at the Cricket club while you pontificate about the tragedies of war and differentiate the horrors in Iraq and Afghanistan you guys have wreaked from the horrible tragedy in Sri Lanka?
"The disproportionate use of force to a situation and the lack of coordination with the Afghan government is causing these casualties," Karzai said. "You don't fight a terrorist by firing a field gun 30 some kilometers away into a target. That is definitely surely bound to cause civilian casualties."
According to President Karzai, an incident where 25 civilians were killed occurred when NATO forces came under fire in a village at around sunset and then the NATO forces went and bombed the village late night. He asked the question "why?" Even the US military admitted confirm that seven children died last Sunday when they bombed a building in eastern Afghanistan where al Qaeda fighters were believed gathered.
According to International press reports on CNN and BBC, Karzai stated "They cannot bring standards from their countries in the West and try to apply it in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a different country. It has different values systems. It has a different community structure. From now onward, they have to work the way we ask them to work in here. That's the line."
Karzai's remarks reflect growing unease among Afghans at the rising civilian death toll as foreign troops continue efforts to rid the country of Taliban.
Those are pretty harsh words coming from a man installed (and preferred) by the British and US regimes in their fight against Taleban rebels and Al-Qaeda terrorists. There have been many innocent civilian casualties caused by the forces armed with the most sophisticated weapons guidance systems, intelligence gathering electronics and are the best equipped and (financed)trained forces in the world.
Will the US Ambassador and British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka who are so critical of accidental civilian casualties be able to spin this news or explain away/rebut these harsh criticisms from their own man in Afghanistan while pointing fingers at Sri Lankan forces?
Hey Chilcott baby? What say you old chap? Another gin and tonic at the Cricket club while you pontificate about the tragedies of war and differentiate the horrors in Iraq and Afghanistan you guys have wreaked from the horrible tragedy in Sri Lanka?
posted by Macaca American at 1:35 PM
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