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2012-04-18 Afghanistan

Jizya: Karzai wants 'at least $2 billion' a year from US

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Posted by trailing wife 2012-04-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 "We want them to write down that America will give for Afghanistan's security $2 billion a year -- or at least two billion a year", he said. "If they want to give us more, they are welcome."

How about the last thing we do when we leave there is shoot this Afghani pimp in the head.

Posted by tu3031 2012-04-18 00:08|| 2012-04-18 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 ...I'm sure other will do it for free, as a departing salute.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-04-18 07:50|| 2012-04-18 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 We need to make sure that the first Americans to leave are Karzai's security detail, even if they aren't active duty troops.

See how he feels about that.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2012-04-18 07:53|| 2012-04-18 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Karzai is a swindling Taliban to the core. I wouldn't give him the sweat from my codpiece. Out of there, quickly without doubt or discussion.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-04-18 08:22|| 2012-04-18 08:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Should have dusted off the pre-communist constitution and forced the old king in as a puppet with the Northern Alliance behind him. Instead we sort of turned our back on the Northern alliance for this joker?

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-04-18 10:29|| 2012-04-18 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I believe "Fuck You Assholes" is the correct response.

Posted by DarthVader 2012-04-18 12:24|| 2012-04-18 12:24|| Front Page Top

#7 How about a bullet instead?

Posted by mojo 2012-04-18 13:10|| 2012-04-18 13:10|| Front Page Top

#8 The $100b a year we're spending in Afghanistan is way bigger than $2b. My guess is that he's expecting a few hundred mil and figured he'd get the ball rolling with a $2b proposal. I think we should provide at least the amount we handed to the mujahideen to bleed the Soviets, conditional upon a non-Pashtun assuming the reins of power. We can fund it with the zeroing out of the aid budget for Pakistan when we withdraw from Afghanistan. Think of it as an economical way to bleed the Pakis. We also need to turn a blind eye as Afghanistan's non-Pashtuns help to resettle the Pashtuns in a country where they belong - Pakistan.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-04-18 17:52|| 2012-04-18 17:52|| Front Page Top

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