Reuters – Afghan protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest in Kunduz province. Four people were shot dead by Afghan security forces on Saturday as protests over the burnings of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base erupted for a fifth day, with an attempt by demonstrators to bombard a U.N. compound in the north.
Top U.S. Commander Orders All NATO Personnel Withdrawn From Afghan Ministries
The Washington Post
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Saturday recalled all NATO personnel working in Afghan ministries in the Kabul area — a bold and potentially divisive response to the killing of two American service members by an Afghan security official in the country’s fortified Interior Ministry earlier in the day.
Marine Gen. John R. Allen’s directive comes five days after U.S. military personnel burned a pile of Korans at the largest military base in Afghanistan in an apparently inadvertent act that set off violent protests across the country. More than 25 Afghans have died in those demonstrations, and four NATO soldiers have been killed by men wearing Afghan security uniforms since Thursday, when the Taliban urged Afghan soldiers and police to turn their weapons on their Western counterparts.
The week’s events have exposed a core vulnerability of the Obama administration’s strategy for winding down the decade-long Afghan war: a fraying trust between two presumed allies who must depend on each other to keep the insurgency at bay.
Wild Thing’s comment……
And to make matters worse the CIC in chief Obama did his apology. HE is the one that should be punished!
Obama isn’t the only one apologizing.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/02/pentagon-apologizes-at-local-mosque-for-quran-burning-72999.html
We need to stop attempting nation building, especially in the Mid East. muslims and islam are not conducive to Western values. Let’s cut our losses, get the hell out of the Mid East and let them continue the centuries old killing of each other.
Bob, thanks for the link. that is sooo horrible. All of this makes our country look weak and also puts our troops in even more danger.
Tom, I agree you are right.