posted on March 30, 2004 11:38:49 AM new
I was watching Richard Clarke again on Meet The Press. One of his main concerns is why, when Afghanistan is well known for it's training camps for terrorists, did the U.S. downsize and go after Iraq, leaving Afghanistan in turmoil? Was Saddam an actual threat to the U.S. or was he a threat to the administration?
posted on March 30, 2004 01:31:05 PM newWas Saddam an actual threat to the U.S. or was he a threat to the administration?
Just a threat to the Bush family...Bush Sr didn't get a chance to end his rule so Bush Jr decided it was his responsibility to take care of what his father didn't.
One of his main concerns is why, when Afghanistan is well known for it's training camps for terrorists, did the U.S. downsize and go after Iraq, leaving Afghanistan in turmoil?
If Aghanistan is a bigger threat to terrorists and where Osama is supposed to be hiding, why do we have more troops in Iraq?
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posted on March 30, 2004 01:50:51 PM new
Destruction of Iraq and Saddam has been a plan almost before Bush was born. Bush is simply a tool to carry out that plan.
posted on March 30, 2004 02:35:58 PM new
What about all the pro-war people? Doesn't it disturb you that not much is being done about the actual terrorists in Afghanistan? Does anyone have a count on all the terrorists that have been caught in Iraq so far? Has anyone heard any updates about how the war is going in Afghanistan?
posted on March 30, 2004 03:06:20 PM new
That's odd, DeSquirrel. They paint a different picture of Afghanistan in the news here (in Canada). Maybe your news comes from the same reporter who claimed the new Basra metropolis was loaded with capitalists zooming around in their BMW's - 1.5 million of them.
The Afghan government has been forced to delay presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for June until September.
The delay comes amid continuing security concerns and problems with registering voters for the elections.
The Taleban has regained footholds in many southern areas of the country.
There have also been serious outbreaks of factional fighting in other parts of the country.
One outbreak followed the killing of the son of the governor of the western province of Herat, Ismail Khan.
The other, late last year, involved the forces of Generals Atta Mohammed and Abdul Rashid Dostum around the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
Limited food supplies
The Afghan Environment Minister, Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, has warned of an imbalance in world attention on aid to Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Switching some attention back from Iraq to Afghanistan would be very good for the world," he said at an environment conference in South Korea.
"I've seen figures suggesting what's been promised to Iraq is about $30bn, with $1-2bn for us. That's peanuts."
Later, asked by journalists whether he stood by the word "peanuts", Dr Nuristani said he would prefer to withdraw it.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has also warned that despite a record harvest last year, millions of Afghan people still have to survive on limited food supplies.
It says rehabilitating the agriculture sector is essential to curbing the cultivation of the opium poppy, used to make heroin.
Afghanistan, the world's largest opium producer, is expecting record poppy production this year, with cultivation spreading further into remote areas.
posted on March 30, 2004 04:25:51 PM new
Thanks Helen! Your linked article made me wonder again how the U.S. plans to set up democratic governments in religious countries. Imagine if it was the other way around. No wonder the Pashtuns are untrusting.
posted on March 30, 2004 07:31:11 PM new
gosh, I thought everything was fine in Afghanistan now....little girls going to school and showing their faces and everything....
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