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 Civilian deaths in Hilary Clinton’s coined “narco-state” were at their highest level last year, with 39% due to American and NATO forces. The Taliban has control of parts of Afghanistan, as well as border areas with Pakistan, and the people generations away from a normal, peaceful way of life that many in the rest of the world take for granted.  To make matters more impossible to solve, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has had enough of the one month old US administration, and they may have had enough of him.  

The strained Afghan-US relationship started out when Joe Biden visited the country while on the campaign trail.  In talks with Karzai he threw a fit after growing frustrated with the lack of response on Karzai’s part concerning Afghanistan’s opium trade, according to BBC news.  Also, in western papers, pieces have come out about Washington putting blame on the Afghan government, and being fed up with Karzai’s administration.  With elections coming soon, Karzai is in a vulnerable position.  As all American puppets know, they can just as easily be taken down as they were propped up.  

So Karzai has dropped hints that he is courting another superpower relationship, with Russia.  Russian ambassador, Zamir Kabulov has been meandering around the Afghan parliament.  Where this all will lead is still up in the air.  We have yet to see what Richard Holbrooke - President Obama’s envoy - can do in the region.  But the bottom line is that the people of Afghanistan need pride and politics and weapons put aside.  They have been tormented by the Taliban for years, and now have to protect their families from the Americans as well.  The US think tank, The Institute of Peace, declared that it is unlikely that the Taliban can be defeated by the US and Nato - their solution, arm the Afhganis.  Isn’t it time we tried something different?  Pouring guns into a fragmented country is only going to lead to one thing - more violence.  Our troop presence is only leading to one thing.  The whole stage is set up for more war.  You can’t answer violence with violence and expect peace to somehow materialize out of thin air.  Once again, I firmly believe in the life, action and work of people like Greg Mortenson.  You have to build peace, one school at a time.  

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