Posted on 10/06/2011 2:01:21 PM PDT by Cardhu
Hundreds of Afghans marched through Kabul on Thursday, the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, to condemn the United States as occupiers and demand the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops.
About 300 men and women gathered early in the morning with placards and banners accusing the United States of "massacring" civilians while denouncing President Hamid Karzai as a puppet subservient to Washington.
"Occupation - atrocities - brutality," read one sign, held aloft by two women with scarves covering their head and face.
"No to occupation" said another placard, as a U.S. flag was set on fire. Another banner featured a caricature of Karzai as a glove puppet holding a pen and signing a document entitled "promises to the USA."
The rally, near a shrine and river in downtown Kabul, lasted around three hours, and ended peacefully.
Karzai became Afghanistan's leader in June 2002, seven months after Northern Alliance forces supported by the United States entered Kabul and drove the Taliban regime from power.
Karzai won subsequent elections in 2005 and 2009.
"Ten years since the invasion, all we have seen is suffering, instability and poverty in our country," said protest organizer Hafizullah Rasikh.
One picture that featured prominently was that of U.S. soldier Andrew Holmes posing with the corpse of an unarmed teenage Afghan villager who he had gunned down. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for the 2010 murder.
This year has seen record levels of civilian casualties and although about 80 percent were caused by insurgents, killings by foreign forces, tend to spark more vocal public anger.
The United States bears the brunt of criticism of the Western presence in Afghanistan.
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Time to nuke that hell hole and be done with them. Hit the Paks while were at it.
They don't even sound like Taliban supporters. They sound more like the Afghan Branch of Move-On.org.
Dear Afghanistan:
You’re so f**king welcome for the sacrifice of blood and treasure this country has poured into your sorry s**thole of a “country”.
Oh the infinite blessings of dealing with Islam.
The stupid West deserves every bit of mayhem and murder that these vermin deal out, worldwide.
One has to wonder how any one of these debaters we see on TV will deal with Islam should one of them get to occupy the WH. Will they also drop their drawers and bend over as western leaders have done so far?
If so, they’re not worth voting for.
I know Randy Newman sang it tongue-in-cheek, but this pretty much sums it up:
No one likes us-I don’t know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let’s drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money-but are they grateful?
No, they’re spiteful and they’re hateful
They don’t respect us-so let’s surprise them
We’ll drop the big one and pulverize them
300 out of a population of 30 million?
Why is that news that a thousandth of one percent of the population is unhappy about something?
Fire mission!
If I heard the “NEWS” correctly, there are MORE Americans protesting America IN America than this pathetic turnout in Afghanistan.
However, that entire sewer is not worth the life of a single additional young American.
That Randy Newman sang this song only recently is an indication how stupid we really are.
This breast feeding of the world started way back at the end of WWII. Our tits have dried up but we are now shedding blood.
And the world still dislikes us, and congresscritters still don’t get the message.
to condemn the United States as occupiers and demand the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troopsThat would solve their problems, assuming that the thousands of foreign jihadists picked up and left.
LLS
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