Ponce
11th February 2011, 12:23 PM
I just realise that what the Zionist are doing to the Palestinians is what the US is doing to the world by breaking it into sections......all that we need now are the walls.....nuclear walls?
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Afghan president confirms US demand for permanent bases.
By Mike Head
WSWS, February 11, 2010
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed for the first time that the Obama administration has demanded the establishment of a system of permanent US military bases across the country, effectively laying the basis for an indefinite neo-colonial occupation.
Karzai stated that his government was negotiating with US officials on a range of strategic agreements, including the permanent bases. He said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had discussed the issue with him during last week’s Munich Security Conference in Germany.
Referring to his discussions with US officials and senators, the Afghan president said: "Yes they want this [permanent bases] and we have been negotiating with them." He made clear his readiness to oblige: "We believe that a long-term relationship with the United States is in the interest of Afghanistan."
Karzai’s disclosure, made at a media conference on Tuesday in his fortified presidential place in Kabul, underscores the fraud of President Obama’s pledge that July 2011 would see the beginning of a withdrawal from Afghanistan. It also exposes the White House claim, adopted by last year’s Lisbon NATO conference, that the country’s security would be handed over to Afghan forces by 2014.
Washington’s plans further demonstrate that the protracted war in Afghanistan—now in its 10th year—is being waged not to defeat "terrorism" or promote democracy, but to secure US hegemony in Central Asia, one of the most energy-rich and geo-strategically vital regions of the globe.
Complete article here: http://uruknet.com/?p=m74858&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Afghan president confirms US demand for permanent bases.
By Mike Head
WSWS, February 11, 2010
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed for the first time that the Obama administration has demanded the establishment of a system of permanent US military bases across the country, effectively laying the basis for an indefinite neo-colonial occupation.
Karzai stated that his government was negotiating with US officials on a range of strategic agreements, including the permanent bases. He said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had discussed the issue with him during last week’s Munich Security Conference in Germany.
Referring to his discussions with US officials and senators, the Afghan president said: "Yes they want this [permanent bases] and we have been negotiating with them." He made clear his readiness to oblige: "We believe that a long-term relationship with the United States is in the interest of Afghanistan."
Karzai’s disclosure, made at a media conference on Tuesday in his fortified presidential place in Kabul, underscores the fraud of President Obama’s pledge that July 2011 would see the beginning of a withdrawal from Afghanistan. It also exposes the White House claim, adopted by last year’s Lisbon NATO conference, that the country’s security would be handed over to Afghan forces by 2014.
Washington’s plans further demonstrate that the protracted war in Afghanistan—now in its 10th year—is being waged not to defeat "terrorism" or promote democracy, but to secure US hegemony in Central Asia, one of the most energy-rich and geo-strategically vital regions of the globe.
Complete article here: http://uruknet.com/?p=m74858&hd=&size=1&l=e