US, UN CONDEMN TALIBAN ATTACS ON KABUL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
By Jay Shankar and James Rupert
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration and the United Nations condemned Taliban suicide attacks on Afghan government buildings in central Kabul yesterday that killed 26 people before a U.S. envoy visits the capital.
Militants struck the Justice Ministry building located a few hundred yards from President Hamid Karzai’s offices, in the closest attack to Afghanistan’s center of power since a January 2008 suicide bombing at the Serena Hotel.
The U.S. said the “brutal tactics” of the Taliban only strengthen American resolve to defeat the insurgency. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was appalled by the “coordinated attacks targeting the people and institutions that are committed to building a better future for Afghanistan.”...
“This horrendous crime was committed against innocent civilians with total disrespect for human life,”....
“It hardens our resolve,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters yesterday. “But it also hardens our resolve to get the next steps in Afghanistan right.”
Obama will likely decide in the “next few days” whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said two days ago....
bloomberg
Hummm...
This doesn't sound like there is going to be a great deal of negotiating going on here with the Taliban... does it?
It is going to be interesting to see how the new administration's, "Listen to them" policy is going to play out.
Esp. if the only sound we are listening to is bursting bombs from suicide attacks... targeting civilians...
Welcome aboard President Obama. Let's see how rhetoric plays out on the battle field. If you are finding the Republicans difficult to deal with...
xtnyoda, shalomed
By Jay Shankar and James Rupert
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration and the United Nations condemned Taliban suicide attacks on Afghan government buildings in central Kabul yesterday that killed 26 people before a U.S. envoy visits the capital.
Militants struck the Justice Ministry building located a few hundred yards from President Hamid Karzai’s offices, in the closest attack to Afghanistan’s center of power since a January 2008 suicide bombing at the Serena Hotel.
The U.S. said the “brutal tactics” of the Taliban only strengthen American resolve to defeat the insurgency. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was appalled by the “coordinated attacks targeting the people and institutions that are committed to building a better future for Afghanistan.”...
“This horrendous crime was committed against innocent civilians with total disrespect for human life,”....
“It hardens our resolve,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters yesterday. “But it also hardens our resolve to get the next steps in Afghanistan right.”
Obama will likely decide in the “next few days” whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said two days ago....
bloomberg
Hummm...
This doesn't sound like there is going to be a great deal of negotiating going on here with the Taliban... does it?
It is going to be interesting to see how the new administration's, "Listen to them" policy is going to play out.
Esp. if the only sound we are listening to is bursting bombs from suicide attacks... targeting civilians...
Welcome aboard President Obama. Let's see how rhetoric plays out on the battle field. If you are finding the Republicans difficult to deal with...
xtnyoda, shalomed
posted by XtnYoda at 11:31 PM
1 Comments:
Good response! Face to face diplomacy with a Taliban warlord would be tougher than picking out a new puppy.
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