Karzai: Civilian Gov't of Pakistan better against Terrorism;
Pakistan Bajaur Campaign Leaves 15 Dead
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai believes that the new civilian government will take more effective steps against the Pakistani Taliban on the Afghan border.
This stance is the opposite of that of John McCain, who supported military dictator Pervez Musharraf (who was forced to resign as president in August under threat of impeachment).
Pakistani forces claim to have killed 15 Taliban north of Khar in the Bajaur tribal agency overnight. The fighting in this northernmost of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is said to have displaced 20,000 individuals to Kunar Province in Afghanistan, as well as hundreds of thousands of local residents to elsewhere in Pakistan.
In a reversal of charges, Pakistan is now saying that Pakistani Taliban in Bajaur are receiving aid and volunteers from Afghanistan. Most often the Afghanistan and Pakistan governments have charged that the Tehrik-i Taliban of Pakistan has aided Afghan Taliban mounting attacks on NATO troops.
Aljazeera English reports on the Bajaur battle:
posted by Juan Cole @ 9/29/2008 12:50:00 PM
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"This stance (civilian gov't better at fighting Taliban) is the opposite of that of John McCain, who supported military dictator Pervez Musharraf (who was forced to resign as president in August under threat of impeachment)."
Recall the adage that if all you have is a hammer, then every problem is a nail.
John McCain and W. Bush both believe in military air superiority as the tool to use for whatever ails our nation. Both were somewhat unsuccessful pilots; McCain spent years as a POW in Viet Nam. Bush, apparently, spent years as a VOC (Victim of Cocaine) in Alabama. Both think that dropping a bomb is preferable to discussion.
Both had powerful parents who enabled their appearance of success.
But only one is vulnerable to charges of war crimes. Let us all protect the better of the two, John McCain, by protecting him from the dangers of becoming the next War Lord of th USA.
Hello Juan - Karzai has just done another U turn - he's admitted he's asked the Saudis to negotiate with the Taliban. Last year he expelled 2 EU 'dilomats' for doing just that.
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