Saturday, March 16, 2013
Time to give the people what they want.
Or you could say Shitholeistan for the Shitholeies.
The continued presence of American Special Operations troops in Wardak Province, against the wishes of the Afghan government, brought demonstrators to the capital on Saturday and provoked a strongly worded denunciation from Muslim clerics.Even after more than 10 years, we have to realize it is still their country. It is quite rude not to respect their wishes.
President Hamid Karzai had given the Americans until March 10 to remove all Special Operations troops from the province, after complaints about night raids in which victims disappeared. In two cases, local officials and residents contend, bodies later showed up beheaded.
American forces are still in the province, and the top American commander, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., said that despite public demands by President Karzai for such a withdrawal, “he has not issued a directive to the force and he realizes that we’re working this as quickly as we can,” referring to a longer-term plan to hand over authority to Afghan officials. American officials have confirmed that no withdrawal of the Special Operations troops is currently under way.
On Saturday, the influential Ulema Council, whose members are appointed by President Karzai and represent all of the country’s Islamic clerics, issued a threatening statement demanding the withdrawal from Wardak as well as a transfer of the American-controlled prison at Bagram to Afghan control.
“If the Americans once again do not honor their commitments and keep on disobeying, then this will be considered as an occupation, and they may expect to see a reaction to their action.”
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