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Obama meets with Afghan president

Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Sen. Barack Obama chows down with U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Obama has said part of his strategy is “taking the fight to al Qaeda in Afghanistan”
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday — a leader [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 20th, 2008 | Tags: Afghanistan, candidates, Europe, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Karzai, Maliki, Obama | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Europe, Foreign Policy, Hamid Karzai, Iraq, Maliki, candidates | Leave a comment

Bush must have shared his formula with Maliki for buying time. Maliki has decided that cash payments will appease the stomach turning mess that resulted from King George’s folly. Maliki has to face the music by himself pretty soon.

Posted by bosskitty July 13th, 2008 | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, consequences, Corruption, Dinars, Drug Lords, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Karzai, Maliki, Oil, Politics, Stimulus, Taliban, troops | Tagged: Bush | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Corruption, Dinars, Drug Lords, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Karzai, Maliki, Oil, Politics, Stimulus, Taliban, bribes, consequences, troops | Tagged: Bush | Comments (3)

Afghanistan dangerously off the radar
It’s hardly an anniversary many will register, but last week marked 30 years since President Jimmy Carter authorised the first covert CIA operations against the government of Afghanistan.
By backing the anti-Communist mujahideen and creating civil unrest, the plan was to provoke a Soviet invasion and thus, in the words of Carter’s [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 6th, 2008 | Tags: Accountability, Afghanistan, Bozo, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, civilian deaths, Clash of Civilizations, Cold War, Collateral, consequences, contradictions, Corruption, economics, Foreign Policy, Future Shock, global community, global policies, Karzai, Mismanagement, mujahideen, Pakistan, policy, Politics, Power Shift, profiteers | Tagged: Bush | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Bozo, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Clash of Civilizations, Cold War, Collateral, Corruption, DoubleSpeak, Election, Future Shock, Karzai, Mismanagement, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, administration, consequences, contradictions, deployment, economics, global policies, mujahideen | Leave a comment