Karzai: Stop The Air Strikes
From CBS:
The president of Afghanistan demands that the U.S. military curtail its use of air strikes against insurgents in his country because they are killing too many civilians. President Hamid Karzai makes this demand publicly for the first time in an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, this Sunday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Karzai says he has already communicated this message privately to President George W. Bush.
“The United States and the Coalition Forces are not [killing civilians] deliberately. The United States is here to help the Afghan people,” Karzai tells Pelley. “The Afghan people understand that mistakes are made. But five years on, six years on, definitely, very clearly, they cannot comprehend as to why there is still a need for air power,” says Karzai. Asked by Pelley if he wants a rollback of the air strikes, Karzai replies, “Absolutely. Oh, yes, in clear words and I want to repeat that, [there are] alternatives to the use of air force and I will speak for it again through your media.”
“You’re demanding [a cutback]?” asks Pelley.
“Absolutely,” says Karzai.
Karzai appears in a story Pelley is reporting on the death of nine civilians — four generations of one family — last March in the province of Kapisa. Their deaths were the result of two 2,000-lb. bombs dropped by the U.S. Air Force on a neighborhood where two rifle-toting insurgents were said to have hidden after firing a rocket at a U.S. base. “That is a mistake. I know that….A careless mistake, but not deliberate,” says Karzai.
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“….Scott Pelley, this Sunday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.”
What date and time can I expect to see Pelleys’ story on the American casualties taken so that he can enjoy his job and lifestyle?
October 26th, 2007 at 1:12 pmHey, I have an idea.
How bout the people in those neighborhoods beat the shit out of the next punk kids walking by on their way to lob a rocket at the nearest Coalition base? You know, so that when those kids are hiding in the house next to yours you don’t start getting all nervous and looking at the sky…
October 26th, 2007 at 1:32 pmWhy wouldn’t Karzai want less of his citizens ending up as collateral damage? Why specifics are we discussing? How was it proposed in a question by Pelley? Fuck CBS.
He should have asked Karzai if he appreciated Blackwater keeping him alive.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pmThat’s all we need now….that dip-shit “demanding the rollback of airstrikes”! Karzai needs to sit down and STFU!
October 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pmRanger is right, the citizens need to choose what side they are on and then act on it.
The Iraqi citizens have moved forward to confront those that bring woe unto them.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:43 pmYep, did you ever think we would tell any other country that they should take a page out of the Iraqi’s book. Feels good to me…
October 26th, 2007 at 2:19 pmWhat uniform is the enemy wearing so we can avoid the civilians?
Oh, they aren’t wearing a uniform. They are illegal combatants hiding behind women, children, and the elderly as all Islamofacists do.
October 26th, 2007 at 2:45 pmYeah wars a bitch Karzai. Speaking of bitches, why doesn’t code pinko help out the Afghans by pulling some human shield duty in these frequently bombed neighborhoods in Afghanistan?
October 26th, 2007 at 2:51 pmBTW - When will CBS be doing a report on civilian deaths in Israel from terrorist rockets? As if…
Tell ya what Karzai, we’ll stop bombing terrorists in Afghanistan when your Muslim brothers in Gaza stop bombing civilians in Israel.
Just another implication of the PC war. What a waste of time.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:42 pmScott Pelley (whom I am sad to say used to be a young TV reporter in my home town) is a premier tool of the Lying Liberal Left EneMedia.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:04 pmHe played Karzai like a violin on all the “anti-war” crowd’s favorite talking points.
Karzai, when you and your rifle team go in after them, thats when we will stop
October 26th, 2007 at 11:45 pm