{"id":38661,"date":"2013-11-29T07:39:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T12:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38661"},"modified":"2013-11-29T08:23:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T13:23:06","slug":"hatin-on-the-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38661","title":{"rendered":"Hatin’ on the drones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lead spokesman for the Taliban, Hamid Karzai, is once again attacking the US drone program, according to the Washington Post<\/a>. It looks like two women might have been injured in a recent strike and a child killed. But Karzai said he heard about the strike from a local governor, so he really has no first hand knowledge of the casualties. And no one is mentioning how many Taliban might have been killed in the strike.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis attack shows that American forces are not respecting the life and safety of Afghan people\u2019s houses,\u201d he said in the statement. He added, \u201cFor years, our innocent people have become victims of the war under the name of terrorism, and they have had no safety in their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he won\u2019t sign the security agreement if such \u201coppressions by foreign forces continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was unclear from his statement whether he was calling for an end of all drone strikes or just attacks that target homes.<\/p>\n

The alleged death of the child comes one week after Karzai accused U.S. Special Operations forces of killing two Afghan civilians during a raid on a house in eastern Afghanistan. Karzai\u2019s assertion angered coalition commanders, who insisted that the men were \u201carmed insurgents.\u201d They accused Karzai of using \u201callegations of civilian deaths for political purposes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rumors have it that the new agreement for continued US presence in Afghanistan restricts American troops from entering or striking any dwelling – which means that enemy forces can simply go inside to avoid being killed by US troops. That sounds like a tough strategy.<\/p>\n

Last week, in Pakistan<\/a> two Taliban commanders were killed while they were hiding out in a seminary, four others were killed who were clerics or students. It seems to me that the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan would be more upset that the enemy is hiding in innocents’ homes or churches, but I guess it’s easier to hate on the good guys. <\/p>\n

It also highlights the difficulty of this administration that leans heavily on the Joe Bite Me robot ninja zombie strategy instead of making the tough decision to fully staff the “surge” of 2009 like they should have in the first place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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