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| Afghanistan |
| Karzai Will Not Sign Security Agreement |
| 2014-02-12 |
[An Nahar] The U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday he does not expect Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... to sign a security agreement with the United States that would allow American troops to stay after 2014. Washington has repeatedly appealed to Karzai to sign the bilateral security agreement (BSA) negotiated last year but James Clapper, director of national intelligence, said he had given up hope that the Afghan president would endorse the deal. "Well, obviously, it takes two to sign this," Clapper told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "And it's my own view, not necessarily company policy, ...I don't believe President Karzai is going to sign it," he said. His comments were the most explicit yet by a senior U.S. official acknowledging the bleak prospects of Karzai backing the agreement. Senator Carl Levin ...Democrat Senator-for-Life from Michigan. He has been in the Senate since 1979. Prior to that he was president of the Detroit city council and Mayor Coleman Young's right-hand man. He is currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services... , chairman of the committee, asked Clapper if it would be better for the U.S. government to wait for the next Afghan president to sign the deal after the country's April elections. Clapper said that would be a policy decision and not up to him but he said such a move could "have a salutary effect." The United States favors leaving about 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after this year to help train Afghan forces and counter al-Qaeda turbans and its allies. The delay in signing the security agreement, which would set up a legal framework for foreign troops to stay post-2014, has created uncertainty and undermined confidence among Afghans, Clapper said. "The effect already of the delay has been negative in terms of the impact on the economy, not to mention I think the psychological impact," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Let's face it, Washington has a penchant for backing losers. as do about 52% of those that voted in the last election..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-02-12 23:12 |
| #7 Let's face it, Washington has a penchant for backing losers. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-12 11:27 |
| #6 Remove his security detail and then deal with his replacement. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-02-12 11:24 |
| #5 I think the tradition is that once it is settled the occupying army is leaving, the cooperating tribe take what tribute and graft they have rabbited and as quickly as possible attempt to purchase a peace with the opposition tribe and form a combined front against the occupying force. The idea is that the coop has to say wow we were wrong about them and the oppo survivors get paid and get to say we were right. Both team up, the coop being rested and equipped and the oppo being battle tested. They then both hit the occupying forces as they withdraw - withdrawal for whatever reason - to cause as much damage and luahu snakbars as possible, and claim victory over the invaders. Peace lasts until one side claims too much victory points then they scrap it out among themselves. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-02-12 10:24 |
| #4 He's dead anyway. Once we go, he gets his head chopped off. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2014-02-12 08:32 |
| #3 The US must have told him he needs to live in Afghan post elections hence the hump he has and crawling up to his enemies. |
| Posted by: Paul D 2014-02-12 07:45 |
| #2 They had the Hunda, you ignored it. That's despicable. You side with Talibs, huh?> |
| Posted by: newc 2014-02-12 03:56 |
| #1 You would fuck all your Tribes over a pipe dream? |
| Posted by: newc 2014-02-12 03:55 |