" Afghan President Hamid Karzai was offered a meeting with President Barack Obama at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul but declined, a US official said Sunday.
The official said that Washington was not surprised that the meeting did not work out at short notice, after Obama arrived at the base on a surprise visit after night fell on Sunday.
“As we said, we weren’t planning for a bilateral meeting with President Karzai or a trip to the palace, as this trip is focused on thanking our troops,” the official said.
“We did offer him the opportunity to come to Bagram, but we’re not surprised that it didn’t work on short notice."
No American President should put up with this, under the circumstances. On the other hand, as soon as we leave, I'm sure the Taliban are looking forward to their revenge on Mr. Karzai, and Karzai knows it. He'll be gone within a week of our exit, with millions of our taxpayer dollars safe in Switzerland.
Right on the money.
ReplyDeleteHe's not over there to 'thank the troops'- he's over there because of the VA fiasco that's blown-up despite the LSm trying to hold it down.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I'll bet that they make all the troops empty their guns before they let them around Obama. No live ammo around the America hating communist.
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