Comments on: Afghan lawmakers predict disaster, civil war if U.S. pulls troops out

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:32:20 +0000

That would sorta accurately describe the USA circa 1771. If the British pulled out, who knows which tribe would win.

I will take issue with your remark, “if Afghanistan is really a democracy, which it obviously cannot be.”, because democracy isn’t the idea. What they want is a Democratic Republic, isn’t it?

Are you claiming because they are religious they cannot be democratic? I might agree with that, but for different reasons (Who elected Jesus?).

By: woody188

woody188 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:48:09 +0000

Afghan lawmakers said on Wednesday disaster and civil war would follow if Washington pushed ahead with a suggestion to withdraw all its troops from the country after 2014.

Sounds like a confession of a puppet government. Yet we are told they are elected representatives of Afghanistan in democratic elections. A government that can’t stand on it’s own should fall and give way to a real government led by and for the people, if Afghanistan is really a democracy, which it obviously cannot be.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:54:18 +0000

I’m with Mr. Merle on this. How many? Forever.

Yes. See “Iran-Contra”, chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein, and yes, running guns to the “Mujahedeen”, aka Taliban…

One might wonder if this proves those who said “Going INTO Afghanistan is a pretty upscrewed idea!” at the time were actually right, and those rah-rah cheerleaders, “Hey, let’s go invade somewhere!” were actually wrong.

I’d bet they’ll admit it about the same time Karzai’s troops are prepared.

By: Willie Buck Merle

Willie Buck Merle — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:49:13 +0000

instead of years think periods. like jurassic or cretaceous

By: Sandy Price

Sandy Price — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:17:15 +0000

How many more years would it take before Karzai’s troups are prepared to take over the job of handling their own survival? From where I sit, it would seem that too many American troops are being killed during these training lessons.

Are we arming our own enemies?