posted on March 3, 2003 02:21:43 PM new
Yes, junquemama, I've read of very small outbreaks of fighting. Never anything very substancial though. By that, I mean more than 2-3 fighters firing on our troops.
From what I've have read though, our soldiers/troops that remain there had already started rebuilding the schools, buildings, roads, etc. Now with Congress allocating the funds, they'll be able to do much more.
posted on March 3, 2003 02:41:28 PM new
junquemama - No matter who we give money to, no matter how much....it's never enough in their opinion. I think the US has made a great start with what was posted on the URL I provided.
and re-read some of the statements in your article....maybe he's not going to be the best leader to work at rebuilding his country. And remember it wasn't much of a country when we went in....it had already been destroyed by 10 years of fighting with the Russians.
In the process of finessing his dilemma, like any politician would, Karzai sent mixed signals.
He said a war in Iraq would mean less time for Afghanistan. Then, less than an hour later, he said that it would not.
One day, Karzai told a Senate committee it would be a mistake to leave Afghanistan alone to deal with al-Qaida remnants and other terrorists that congregate in border regions near Pakistan. The next day, he stood with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and said "the Afghan people will continue to hunt for the bad guys."
posted on March 3, 2003 02:52:28 PM new
I knew you could never admit to being wrong. Are you like the Fonz used to be???? Can't even get the word out of your mouth?
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While I really don't care to take my news from the Afghan news media.....even they said [in junquemama's url]
Karzai left the White House with pledges of help in transportation, agriculture, education and health, and a general assurance that the U.S. military - which currently has about 10,000 troops in Afghanistan - will "continue with its primary mission to prevent terrorist elements from undermining the security environment, while building the Afghan national army."
posted on March 3, 2003 03:07:53 PM new
The NYTimes Oh yes....
On Bush pursing Mr. Fox for his vote on Iraq....
"And Mr. Fox, feeling neglected [poor baby] for at least the last 18 months is holding out."
"There is a sense that Fox feels that Bush has not understood his priorities." Well...shame, shame ..Bush isn't putting Fox's political needs and his countries 'wants' before that of our own? What a concept.....
Also quoting that article:
The White House also says that Mexico has been unrealistic in its hopes for an immigration deal after the Sept. 11 attacks.
"That whole enchilada is not digestible in the U.S. political system," a senior administration official said last week, playing off the comment of Jorge G. Castaneda, Mexico's former foreign minister, who said in the summer of 2001 that the immigration deal had to be "the whole enchilada, or nothing."
posted on March 3, 2003 03:08:52 PM new
LindaK,Well the only thing left is time,and this theater, will be played out as we watch,there will be no one right, or wrong until the powers to be, make their moves.
I want to be wrong,thats the part of our conversations I want you to understand.
That doesnt mean,I will not take measures to insure the safety and well being of what is left of my small family.
The safest measures are to pay attention to what is going on around you.
posted on March 3, 2003 06:19:10 PM new
Opium and hash has always been a part of Afghanistan's culture, so it amazes me when I hear the U.S. saying it wants to also control the drug trade everywhere...
[i]"While the Pentagon insists that
the military operations in
Afghanistan should be limited to
fighting terrorists, while the State
Department thinks armed forces
should tackle opium production."[/i]
