The administration is engaging the "soft jihadists" within Afghanistan and the Taliban in order to try and find that "common ground" so desperately sought by the West. The goal is to discover how to make the Taliban, and by extension jihadists and Islamists world-wide be more friendly, more caring and more "Western". To do that would enable the US to claim they had solved the problem of "radical" Islam.
Karzai is an Islamist, his agenda is the continuation and expansion of pure Islam in Afghanistan and around the globe. The White House is complicit in this goal, taking the stance that if we engage the enemy , the "soft jihadists" then "...the United States would “help create conditions” for a political settlement, including “reconciling those insurgents who are willing to renounce Al Qaeda, forsake violence and adhere to the Afghan Constitution.” "
The Afghan constitution says, as it's first article that Islam is the official religion and sharia is the law of the land.
Are we really fighting, and dying for sharia and Islam?
From The New York Times June 18 by Rod Nordland
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan said publicly for the first time on Saturday that the United States and the NATO-led coalition have been actively negotiating with the Taliban, an assertion he made in a speech that he also used to fire a broadside against his coalition allies.
“The negotiations have started with those people,” he said, referring to the Taliban, “and God willing, these talks will continue. But foreign military forces and especially America are continuing this process.”
American officials have never publicly acknowledged such talks, and the Taliban have denied them categorically. The United States did not respond directly to Mr. Karzai’s comments on Saturday.
“We have repeatedly said that we support an Afghan process of reconciliation, and that we would participate in that process,” the American Embassy said in a statement. The statement said the United States would “help create conditions” for a political settlement, including “reconciling those insurgents who are willing to renounce Al Qaeda, forsake violence and adhere to the Afghan Constitution.”
In late May, American officials were reported to have met with a senior aide to the fugitive Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, at least three times in recent months in the first direct exploratory peace talks.
Much of Mr. Karzai’s speech, an address to the Afghanistan Youth International Conference, was devoted to broad criticisms of coalition forces in Afghanistan, saying their motives were suspect and their weapons were polluting his country.
“You remember a few years ago I was saying thank you to the foreigners for their help; every minute we were thanking them,” he said. “Now I have stopped saying that, except when Spanta forced me to say thank you,” referring to his national security adviser, Rangin Spanta, who was present.
“They’re here for their own purposes, for their own goals, and they’re using our soil for that,” Mr. Karzai said.
The timing of his speech was puzzling, being the day an American delegation was due to arrive in Kabul to discuss a strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan, which both countries seek. The agreement would provide for long-term American financial and military involvement in the country.
“This will have an impact on our country for 40 to 50 more years,” Mr. Karzai said. “Also, it will have good and bad effects.” He did not elaborate.
In addition, Afghanistan is expected shortly to release a plan for the transition of parts of the country from NATO to government control. The plan was due on June 15 but has been delayed.
The president’s address was broadcast live on RTA, the state television network. Mr. Karzai often adopts drastically different messages for domestic audiences, and takes a much harsher stance toward the coalition with his own people than he does in private and in international meetings. Nonetheless, such positions conflict with the coalition’s counterinsurgency approach, which emphasizes improving relations with Afghans.
Mr. Karzai also complained of the environmental damage from coalition weapons.
“Every time when their planes fly it makes smoke,” he said. “When they drop bombs, they have chemical materials in them. Our people get killed, but also our environment is damaged.”
Here is a perfect opportunity for the greenies to come up with more environmentally-friendly weapons.
Some weapons used by the foreign forces have nuclear components, he said, adding that the issue was under investigation. He was apparently referring to certain types of ammunition and armor that use uranium or other radioactive materials, although he gave no specifics.
“There are 140 countries here in our country,” he said. “They’re using different explosive materials, chemical materials and all these things. We will talk to them and ask them about all these things, because this has a negative impact on our environment, our animals, our people, so we will ask them about this. They should not think we are uneducated and do not know anything.”
There are actually 48 NATO and allied countries with forces in Afghanistan.
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Karzai is an Islamist, his agenda is the continuation and expansion of pure Islam in Afghanistan and around the globe. The White House is complicit in this goal, taking the stance that if we engage the enemy , the "soft jihadists" then "...the United States would “help create conditions” for a political settlement, including “reconciling those insurgents who are willing to renounce Al Qaeda, forsake violence and adhere to the Afghan Constitution.” "
The Afghan constitution says, as it's first article that Islam is the official religion and sharia is the law of the land.
Are we really fighting, and dying for sharia and Islam?
From The New York Times June 18 by Rod Nordland
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan said publicly for the first time on Saturday that the United States and the NATO-led coalition have been actively negotiating with the Taliban, an assertion he made in a speech that he also used to fire a broadside against his coalition allies.
“The negotiations have started with those people,” he said, referring to the Taliban, “and God willing, these talks will continue. But foreign military forces and especially America are continuing this process.”
American officials have never publicly acknowledged such talks, and the Taliban have denied them categorically. The United States did not respond directly to Mr. Karzai’s comments on Saturday.
“We have repeatedly said that we support an Afghan process of reconciliation, and that we would participate in that process,” the American Embassy said in a statement. The statement said the United States would “help create conditions” for a political settlement, including “reconciling those insurgents who are willing to renounce Al Qaeda, forsake violence and adhere to the Afghan Constitution.”
In late May, American officials were reported to have met with a senior aide to the fugitive Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, at least three times in recent months in the first direct exploratory peace talks.
Much of Mr. Karzai’s speech, an address to the Afghanistan Youth International Conference, was devoted to broad criticisms of coalition forces in Afghanistan, saying their motives were suspect and their weapons were polluting his country.
“You remember a few years ago I was saying thank you to the foreigners for their help; every minute we were thanking them,” he said. “Now I have stopped saying that, except when Spanta forced me to say thank you,” referring to his national security adviser, Rangin Spanta, who was present.
“They’re here for their own purposes, for their own goals, and they’re using our soil for that,” Mr. Karzai said.
The timing of his speech was puzzling, being the day an American delegation was due to arrive in Kabul to discuss a strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan, which both countries seek. The agreement would provide for long-term American financial and military involvement in the country.
“This will have an impact on our country for 40 to 50 more years,” Mr. Karzai said. “Also, it will have good and bad effects.” He did not elaborate.
In addition, Afghanistan is expected shortly to release a plan for the transition of parts of the country from NATO to government control. The plan was due on June 15 but has been delayed.
The president’s address was broadcast live on RTA, the state television network. Mr. Karzai often adopts drastically different messages for domestic audiences, and takes a much harsher stance toward the coalition with his own people than he does in private and in international meetings. Nonetheless, such positions conflict with the coalition’s counterinsurgency approach, which emphasizes improving relations with Afghans.
Mr. Karzai also complained of the environmental damage from coalition weapons.
“Every time when their planes fly it makes smoke,” he said. “When they drop bombs, they have chemical materials in them. Our people get killed, but also our environment is damaged.”
Here is a perfect opportunity for the greenies to come up with more environmentally-friendly weapons.
Some weapons used by the foreign forces have nuclear components, he said, adding that the issue was under investigation. He was apparently referring to certain types of ammunition and armor that use uranium or other radioactive materials, although he gave no specifics.
“There are 140 countries here in our country,” he said. “They’re using different explosive materials, chemical materials and all these things. We will talk to them and ask them about all these things, because this has a negative impact on our environment, our animals, our people, so we will ask them about this. They should not think we are uneducated and do not know anything.”
There are actually 48 NATO and allied countries with forces in Afghanistan.
Read it all
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