"After much mischief and brutal behavior, the police have finally moved against a vicious druglord and troublemaker in a notoriously rough neighborhood." - Torpey
But we dont have any police do we? We just have other bigger gangsters, in the form of the US, the UK, France etc. The figleaf of a UN resolution has already been contorted out of all recognition, and in no way covers their lack of legitimacy.
On your logic I guess Cuba has a perfect right to carry out drone strikes on Florida. And if a few perfectly innocent US citizens get killed - well sorry but unavoidable collateral damage.
Looks pretty certain that Karzai refused to see Obama. After what the US has been putting out about him its in one way hardly surprising, but still takes balls.
Also maybe reflects on Obama's standing though - he's looking more and more Carterish. Somebody must pay for the snafu - if its not Karzai, or whoever was responsible for setting up the visit, then it will be Obama.
Everybody is out to use Karzai for their own ends. He is in a really impossible situation. He has almost no power of his own, and can only stay as leader by playing off the forces around him.
The US is not propping him up for the sake of it - they see him as the best they can get given their strategic objectives across central Asia and the Middle East.
I'm not sure it is an occupation so much as an excuse to keep a huge military presence in the region. Do Iran, Russia, China, like to see this US force sat there on their borders?
How come the link for the 'kill team' story is to the Guardian? Is this not being reported in the US? If true, is this not even more barbaric than Abu Ghraib?
How can the US hope to win hearts and minds now ( not that there was much chance before)?
"After much mischief and brutal behavior, the police have finally moved against a vicious druglord and troublemaker in a notoriously rough neighborhood." - Torpey
But we dont have any police do we? We just have other bigger gangsters, in the form of the US, the UK, France etc. The figleaf of a UN resolution has already been contorted out of all recognition, and in no way covers their lack of legitimacy.
On your logic I guess Cuba has a perfect right to carry out drone strikes on Florida. And if a few perfectly innocent US citizens get killed - well sorry but unavoidable collateral damage.
Looks pretty certain that Karzai refused to see Obama. After what the US has been putting out about him its in one way hardly surprising, but still takes balls.
Also maybe reflects on Obama's standing though - he's looking more and more Carterish. Somebody must pay for the snafu - if its not Karzai, or whoever was responsible for setting up the visit, then it will be Obama.
Everybody is out to use Karzai for their own ends. He is in a really impossible situation. He has almost no power of his own, and can only stay as leader by playing off the forces around him.
The US is not propping him up for the sake of it - they see him as the best they can get given their strategic objectives across central Asia and the Middle East.
I'm not sure it is an occupation so much as an excuse to keep a huge military presence in the region. Do Iran, Russia, China, like to see this US force sat there on their borders?
"Mao’s Great Leap Forward was implicated in a famine that killed 3 million"
You might add:
Thabo Mbeki's Aids policies are implicated in the deaths of 3 million
Pope John Paul II's policies on the use of condoms are implicated in the deaths of 3 million.
It is so lazy to use the unintended deaths resulting from mistaken policies in order to smear one group (in this case the Chinese).
How come the link for the 'kill team' story is to the Guardian? Is this not being reported in the US? If true, is this not even more barbaric than Abu Ghraib?
How can the US hope to win hearts and minds now ( not that there was much chance before)?