Ungrateful B*stard

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24433433

Maybe if his police force wasn't so corrupt and his army not full of potheads they might have made a decent fist of it themsleves and met NATO halfway.

[chrissa1]

I couldn't agree more, Chill.

[Gromit]

A lot of mistakes were made. Resulting in a lot of dead people who were not Taliban/al qaeda. He has a point.

// An errant American rocket strike on Sunday hit a compound crowded with Afghan civilians //
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/world/asia/15afghan.html

// Twelve Afghans died Sunday when two rockets fired at insurgents missed their target and struck a house //
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2010/02/14/nato_rockets_kill_12_afghan_civilians.html

// The US Special Forces who ordered an air strike that killed at least 27 civilians in southern Afghanistan on Sunday may not have satisfied rules of engagement designed to avoid killing civilians, Afghan and coalition officials say. //
http://www.smh.com.au/world/fatal-strike-on-buses-may-have-breached-rule-20100223-p0pv.html

// On Thursday, a rocket missed its intended target -- a group of insurgents -- and killed seven police officers. //
http://www.politicsda...n-kills-33-civilians/

[jno]

that seems about right: Nato haven't much to show for their years there. They might have had, had they not decided to go rushing into Iraq at the same time.

Apparently this has been Britain's longest war since Napoleon.

[ChillDoubt]

Yes Gromit, we could play tit for tat all night....

http://www.rferl.org/content/afghan-minibus-explosion-deaths/25027047.html

http://bfbs.com/news/afghanistan/19-dead-minibus-triggers-ied-53913.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9549764/Afghan-group-bombs-foreigners-after-anti-Islam-film.html

Not forgetting of course the assistance they've had in infrastructure with schools, dam projects etc.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9549764/Afghan-group-bombs-foreigners-after-anti-Islam-film.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/27/afghan-schools-clinics-built-british-close

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/13/afghanistan-turbine-taliban-british-army

Shame the Afghans couldn't be persuaded to make the same effort as HM Forces.

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Can anyone remind me what the afghans actually did to deserve the aggression foisted upon them?
What were they doing at the time.
$100,000 dollars was paid to one of the 9/11 bombers before they struck...by Pakistan.
Where was Osama Found?...Pakistan.
Where was Malala shot?...Pakistan.
Where are most forced marriages?...Pakistan
If you were an Afghani, how would you react to the bombing of your families and neighbours?

[ToraToraTora]

yes ungrateful barsteward, yes there have been c0ckups, would they prefer to return to Taliban barbarity?

[mikey4444]

I agree chilly....Perhaps this privileged chap should be careful of throwing stones, while he resides in such a glass house.

[Gromit]

ChillDoubt

// "On the security front the entire Nato exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not secure," he said. //

Thank you for your links Chill. They confirm everything Khazi was complaining about.

[sandyRoe]

I wonder will his retirement be passed in a lakeside villa in Switzerland or will he go and see out the evening of his days somewhere in the USA?

[emmie]

i am not sure how anyone can give clear cut security, no one can, we have seen it here in UK, no where is truly safe from terrorist activity, if they want to send in someone to blow you and i to bit, it isn't that hard, just wear a backpack, look like any tourist and blend right in and away you go.
the man wants his cake and eat it,

[emmie]

as long as he doesn't come here, that would be the last thing we need

[ChillDoubt]

Nice spin that Gromit, taking a paragraph from one link quoting Karzai, when the real story is in the headline of each link.

Keep going, you're almost hitting politician level.