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Clinton Signals a ‘Critical Moment’ for Afghanistan

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Posted on Nov 18, 2009
Clinton in Afghanistan
AP / Anja Niedringhaus

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is joined by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, left, and U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry at the military airport Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Sounding a cautionary, and cautiously optimistic, note on the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s second inauguration, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pointed to a crucial “window of opportunity” for Afghanistan as she called for Karzai and his administration to tackle the corruption issue within their government.  —KA

BBC:

“We stand at a critical moment on the eve of the inauguration of President Karzai’s second term,” Mrs Clinton told staff at the US embassy.

“There is now a clear window of opportunity for President Karzai and his government to make a compact with the people of Afghanistan to demonstrate clearly that they’re going to have accountability and tangible results that will improve the lives of the people,” she said.

“We want to be a strong partner with the government and the people of Afghanistan - and I always say both. Because it’s not either or, it has to be both.”

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By drbhelthi, November 21, 2009 at 8:08 am Link to this comment

As far as the “Clinton pudding” is concerned, it has
been punctuated by strange deaths of many persons,
beginning prior to the Arkansas governorship.  Most had
been “close associates,” knew too much, and were too
honest.  A couple were similar to JFK Jr., who, at that
time was a shoo-in for the Senate position.  Such
mysterious deaths accelerated with the Arkansas
governorship, especially after the Mena Airport drug
operation was discovered.  The history is found on
Google and hundreds of printed references, which will
never be destroyed.

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By Outraged, November 20, 2009 at 9:07 pm Link to this comment

Re: montanawildhack

Your comment: “Of course, I would have added she also smiles like a cat eating shit but that’s just part of my idiom….

Obviously, your haven’t the slightest notion regarding cats.  Cats…. my friend, do not eat shit, dogs do….. but not cats.  So why should anyone enamor your ignorance regarding ANY subject?

Now dogs…. will eat cat shit.  Truthfully (in the past), I had two dogs and six cats.  The dogs (if we didn’t keep the basement door closed), would “sneak” down to the basement to eat catshit out of the litter-box.  But the cats….no.  Cats don’t eat their own shit, nor do they eat dogshit.  In fact, cats won’t even eat a mouse unless it’s a fresh kill, they’re finicky that way.  Btw, dogs will also ingest their own vomit, of course that’s a different premise, just sayin’.

But I said all that only to say this:  Montanawildhack, you ol’ dog.

As far as your “idiom” supposition…. I think Secretary of State Clinton’s trumps yours with her comment, “The proof is in the pudding”.

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By ardee, November 20, 2009 at 4:48 am Link to this comment

montanawildhack, November 19 at 7:46 am

The day this forum appoints you the arbiter of who is open to criticism and who is not is the day I leave it. I appreciate how hard it must be for you to post with your head so firmly up your rectum though.

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By thecrow, November 19, 2009 at 6:22 am Link to this comment

“Tangible results”?

http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/the-gas-must-flow/

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By drbhelthi, November 19, 2009 at 4:18 am Link to this comment

And how does the Rockefeller empire with its false-zionist, generally evil entourage, plan to slide her false smile into the US presidential position?  Or is one of the planned tasks of the current US presidential imposter, to furtively implement a military dictatorship, which is obviously in-process, in which she can be declared by the string-pullers to be the supreme dictator ?  And what will remain for her to „dictate“ ??  Does she not know that the string-pullers will also manipulate her strings?

As far as Mr. Barack Obama is concerned, I admire him personally, especially when considering his developmental history.  But, where do people think his love for his Kenyan grandmother, who was one of the first he visited after his political ascenscion, came from?  It did not derive from postcard exchange - - .  I would like to have seen him embrace his loving grandma, after the cameras were turned away.  Such grandmas are wonderful, whether born in Kenya or the USA or wherever.  They were once an integral part of the USA . . .

To me, it is sad that after his pillar-to-post-shuffling development, and his years of struggling - with reasonable success - that he sold out to the „Rockefeller empire.“  How can he represent the downtrodden of the world, when his strings are pulled by the group who are doing the downtrodding?  He knows he cannot, and his deportment reflects his internal conflict.  He also knows that if he does not continue that which the NAZI/false zionist group enacted with „Operation Paper-Clip,“ that he will shortly join the ranks of those who „resisted,“ such as JFK, or those who „knew too much,“ such as Chip Tatum, and who tried to right some of the wrongs. 

And just what do the thousands of „moles“ in state, national and international positions, who know too much, think will occur to them if a military dictatorship in the USA is actually implemented?  Such moles will be climbing over each other trying to avoid assassination, while being assassinated by their own colleagues . . .

And the American citizenry?  The very efficient PR campaign of the pharma industry has accustomed them to believe the false TV ads, disregard „body wisdom,“ and pop pills.  Of course, they are assisted by many thousands of physicians who pimp for big pharma, whose bank accounts are enriched via kickbacks and „gifts.“  In addition, millions of folk will be disabled and too many killed via alleged „vaccines“ such as the Swine Flu Vaccine, which originated via US bioweapons laboratory contract.  And the thousands of our youth being mentally disabled via their „service“ in the US military, that is, the ones who live to return „home.“ 

The genuine situation is much worse than I can describe in words.  May God help us !!!

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By montanawildhack, November 19, 2009 at 3:46 am Link to this comment

Hey ardee,,,

Get off drbhelthi’s back!!!  I enjoyed his comment on Hillary Clinton’s phoney smile…  Of course, I would have added she also smiles like a cat eating shit but that’s just part of my idiom….

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By ardee, November 19, 2009 at 3:28 am Link to this comment

drbhelthi, November 19 at 6:43 am

Did you have anything of a political nature to comment upon? Do you ever?

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By drbhelthi, November 19, 2009 at 2:43 am Link to this comment

Does “Secretary of State,” Mrs. Hillary Clinton get
facial cramps from her falsified smile?

Is she so habituated that the smile simply appears when she senses a camera in front of her face?

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By gerard, November 18, 2009 at 5:49 pm Link to this comment

“There is now a clear window of opportunity for President Karzai and his government to make a compact with the people of Afghanistan to demonstrate clearly that they’re going to have accountability and tangible results that will improve the lives of the people,” she said.

Sound familiar?  Like something we could do here at home before preaching it abroad?  Remember, too:  The rest of the world hates to be told (by the U.S. especially in its finger-wagging Uncle Sam role) what to do and how to do it, and are quite likely to do just the opposite to prove their own righteousness, or whatever it is that makes all people think they are just as good as others, if not better.

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