Karzai, Blair upbeat as report warns Afghanistan at 'tipping point' (AFP)

[Up2Late]

(Is anyone else beginning to get the feeling that Karzai is just as much of a B.S.er as Bush and Blair?)

Karzai, Blair upbeat as report warns Afghanistan at 'tipping point'

15/02/2007 03h52

LONDON (AFP) - Afghanistan is at a "tipping point" ahead of an expected Taliban spring offensive, a hard-hitting report warned, despite upbeat comments from Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Blair and Karzai, speaking after talks in London, voiced confidence that the Islamist Taliban militia would be defeated, and the prime minister vowed that Britain and 36 other nations led by the United States will stay the course in the violence-scarred country.

Their comments came after The Senlis Council think tank said the United States and its allies urgently needed to reassess their strategy in Afghanistan.

"We are determined to do everything we can to make sure that mission is successful in the south of Afghanistan as we believe it will be," Blair, whose country is the second-largest provider of troops in Afghanistan, told a news conference at his Downing Street office.

(more at link) <http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/070214211630.t3f9z5ee.html>

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Oh shit...

Please let the taliban assholes implode...
The world has had enough of them.

[Porcupine]

2. by "tipping point" they mean "Losing" don't they? nt.

.

[Up2Late]

3. Yup. Sorry 'bout that.

Someone better wake Condi, tell her to start working on her excuses on who (other than the U.S.) is to blame for this.

[Phredicles]

4. My money's on the Democrat (sic) Congress;

After all, Afghanistan was going "swimmingly" up until the election. Just ask Annthrax Coulter.:eyes:

[Auntie Bush]

5. Tough sh**! We're much to busy in Iraq and need men and munitions

for Iran. Old Karzai will have to fend for himself or take a bullet.
George is much too busy to worry about ol' "friends"!

[AlCzervik]

6. Hey i forgot, Bush is giving a speech tomorrow about Afghanistan, i'm sure

the facts in this article won't be mentioned.

[Up2Late]

7. Here's the links to the report mentioned, so you can pre-brief yourself before the speech...

...and you can tell us all the things he forgot to mention:

Executive Summary
<http://www.senliscouncil.net/documents/Insurgency_Executive_Summary>

The Report
<http://www.senliscouncil.net/modules/publications/018_publication/The_Report>

Conclusions Recommendations
<http://www.senliscouncil.net/documents/Insurgency_Conclusions_Recommendations>

<http://www.senliscouncil.net/modules/publications/018_publication>

<http://www.senliscouncil.net/>

[Up2Late]

8. kick n/t

:kick:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. yes the poppy fields are doing just great in Afghanistan!

I don't think British people believe Mr Blair about anything