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Press TV November 15, 2009 Clinton: US after own interests in Afghanistan -US media reported in October that Karzai's brother has been a CIA operative in Afghanistan as well as a major drug pusher in the country that finances the Taliban insurgency. He was also reported to have ties with the Taliban leadership. Karzai himself lived and received education in the US for many years and was widely reported to be the US man in Afghanistan. -US and NATO commander Stanley McChrystal has warned that the war could be lost unless 40,000 more troops are sent to the war-ravaged country. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has claimed that the US mission was to eradicate Al-Qaeda militants and not to establish a modern democracy in Afghanistan. Clinton criticized the policies of the former president George W. Bush in Afghanistan in an interview with ABC News on Sunday. "This is not the prior days when people would come on your show and talk about how we were going to help the Afghans build a modern democracy and build a more functioning state and do all these wonderful things," she asserted. Bush administration had pledged to spread democracy in Afghanistan following the 2001 ouster of the Taliban militants by a US-led invasion. Clinton emphasized that Washington was pursuing its own interests in the war-torn country where insecurity and poverty has escalated drastically over the past few years. "Our primary focus is on the security of the United States of America” and “how we protect and defend against future attacks,” she reiterated. Clinton also criticized Afghan President Hamid Karzai over alleged corruption in his administration. "There does have to be actions by the government of Afghanistan against those who have taken advantage of the money that has poured into Afghanistan in the last eight years so that we can better track it and we can have actions taken that demonstrate there's no impunity for those who are corrupt," she demanded. However, US media reported in October that Karzai's brother has been a CIA operative in Afghanistan as well as a major drug pusher in the country that finances the Taliban insurgency. He was also reported to have ties with the Taliban leadership. Karzai himself lived and received education in the US for many years and was widely reported to be the US man in Afghanistan. Also, differences have also emerged between key US figures on handling of controversial war in Afghanistan. US Ambassador to Kabul Karl Eikenberry have recently expressed serious reservations about sending more troops to Afghanistan until Karzai's government comes to grips with the alleged corruption. Meanwhile, US and NATO commander Stanley McChrystal has warned that the war could be lost unless 40,000 more troops are sent to the war-ravaged country. The US President Barack Obama is not expected to announce a final decision on the matter for several weeks. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
