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If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on TwitterThe United States encountered mounting challenges to its presence in Afghanistan Thursday, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged the U.S. to pull back to military bases and the Taliban announced they were suspending tentative peace talks.
The developments come after two incidents strained relations between the two countries — the inadvertent burning of Korans on a U.S. base, and most recently a shooting spree that left 16 Afghan civilians dead. Afghan lawmakers expressed outrage after the U.S. soldier suspected in that massacre was flown out of the country to Kuwait.
By Thursday, both Karzai and the Taliban were lashing out at American negotiators, all while Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was visiting the country.
Karzai, in a meeting with Panetta, asked the U.S. to withdraw from Afghan villages and stay on bases, saying, “Afghan security forces have the ability to keep the security in rural areas and in villages on their own.”
He also urged the U.S. to let Afghan forces take the lead for countrywide security in 2013, a year ahead of schedule.
Shortly afterward, the Taliban announced they were breaking away from talks with the U.S. because the U.S. “turned back on its promises.” One concession the Taliban were looking to extract out of peace talks was the release of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.
The statement said the Taliban would suspend talks “until the Americans clarify their stance on the issues concerned and until they show willingness in carrying out their promises instead of wasting time.”
How does one “inadvertantley” burn a Koran, as opposed to doing it on purpose? Ergo how does one “inadvertantley” urinate on dead bodies => just not paying attention? Butterfly flew by and distracted ’em?
Before you fly into a fit of profane expletives regarding my non-support of the troops => I have served, have you?
You misstep with me there – I’m not one to stoop to the “support our troops” argument for every little fight.
Here’s a better question. Why should I care that US troops burned Korans ANC why shouldn’t I be outraged that Afghans are trying to murder people over a dumb book.
If Afghanis burned some bibles (they do) and Christians acted like this, what would you have to say for it?
I would and am saying that they are primitive savages with about as much ability to see the point of view of others as an autistic child.
I should have made my comment clearer – it was directed at the sloppy language used in the article. The “you” was a general reference to comments to follow. It is incredibly difficult to adhere to a higher standard, under the stressful conditions “in country” but unless those standards are strived for, a spiral to the lowest common denominator is probable.
Korans were inadvertantly disposed of by inclusion with a bunch of other trash by mistake. The pissing on dead bodies seems to get more play than the killing of people.