NY Post
Now even Karzai’s cabinet ministers are threatening Americans
“The fate of the Americans in Afghanistan will be worse than that of the Russians,” Mohammed Ismail Khan warned in 2009. The same Afghan is now vowing to drive all “foreigners” out of Afghanistan.
More bluster from a Taliban leader? Hardly. Khan serves as Afghanistan’s energy minister, and is a key member of American ally Hamid Karzai’s cabinet.
In a videotaped meeting last month with jihadists in Herat Province, Khan slammed the US for bringing “American girls, white-skinned Western soldiers and black-skinned American soldiers” into Afghanistan. He called on the “mujahideen” to take up arms and attack them like they did the Soviet “invaders” in the 1980s.
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Isn’t there a camel you should be abusing somewhere?
DiscePati on December 30, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Don’t expect the neocons to own the mess they created. Iran’s got to be dealt with first, ya know.
abobo on December 30, 2012 at 2:44 PM
This.
Rebar on December 30, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Fluke them all. Make glass out of them.
They are not worth American blood and treasure, only to regress into the 3rd century, from the 7th.
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 2:47 PM
You’re a nutjob.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 30, 2012 at 2:55 PM
Well wonder how much money bho will be sending to smooth this over? For goodness sake, get our militay out of this rop type devils spawn country and stop the MONEY!
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letget on December 30, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Karzai is only in power because Bush propped him up and Obama continued it.
For a puppet, we can do far better.
Seven Seas on December 30, 2012 at 2:58 PM
A daisy cutter on each of their houses.
BallisticBob on December 30, 2012 at 3:24 PM
This does not reflect well on Bush, Obama, or interventionist policies in general.
aryeung on December 30, 2012 at 3:32 PM
+100
Joe Mama on December 30, 2012 at 3:50 PM
I think the only chance of Afghanistan enjoying any degree of freedom, modernity, or prosperity died with Ahmad Shah Massoud, and I don’t see what our continued presence there is supposed to accomplish.
Walter Sobchak on December 30, 2012 at 4:03 PM