En ondertussen blijft de Nederlandse politiek honderden miljoenen euro's in Afghanistan pompen waardoor de krijgsheren/drugsbaronnen daar aan de macht kunnen blijven.'Obama ponders outreach to the Taliban
By Helene Cooper and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Published: March 7, 2009
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq.
Obama pointed to the success in peeling Iraqi insurgents away from more hard-core elements of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, a strategy that many credit as much as the increase of American forces with turning the war around in the last two years. "There may be some comparable opportunities in Afghanistan and in the Pakistani region," he said, while cautioning that solutions in Afghanistan will be complicated.
In a 35-minute conversation with The New York Times aboard Air Force One on Friday, Obama reviewed the challenges to his young administration. The president said he could not assure Americans the economy would begin growing again this year. But he pledged that he would "get all the pillars in place for recovery this year" and urged Americans not to "stuff money in their mattresses."
"I don't think that people should be fearful about our future," he said. "I don't think that people should suddenly mistrust all of our financial institutions."
As he pressed forward with ambitious plans at home to rewrite the tax code, expand health care coverage and curb climate change, Obama dismissed criticism from conservatives that he was driving the country toward socialism. After the interview, which took place as the president was flying home from Ohio, he called reporters from the Oval Office to assert that his actions have been "entirely consistent with free-market principles" and to point out that large-scale government intervention in the markets and expansion of social welfare programs began under President George W. Bush.'
By Helene Cooper and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Published: March 7, 2009
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq.
Obama pointed to the success in peeling Iraqi insurgents away from more hard-core elements of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, a strategy that many credit as much as the increase of American forces with turning the war around in the last two years. "There may be some comparable opportunities in Afghanistan and in the Pakistani region," he said, while cautioning that solutions in Afghanistan will be complicated.
In a 35-minute conversation with The New York Times aboard Air Force One on Friday, Obama reviewed the challenges to his young administration. The president said he could not assure Americans the economy would begin growing again this year. But he pledged that he would "get all the pillars in place for recovery this year" and urged Americans not to "stuff money in their mattresses."
"I don't think that people should be fearful about our future," he said. "I don't think that people should suddenly mistrust all of our financial institutions."
As he pressed forward with ambitious plans at home to rewrite the tax code, expand health care coverage and curb climate change, Obama dismissed criticism from conservatives that he was driving the country toward socialism. After the interview, which took place as the president was flying home from Ohio, he called reporters from the Oval Office to assert that his actions have been "entirely consistent with free-market principles" and to point out that large-scale government intervention in the markets and expansion of social welfare programs began under President George W. Bush.'
1 opmerking:
En volgens de (Christen) Unie kan dat in vervolg nu met minder JSF's .
Dat zou Jezus ook zeggen volgens hen,Hij zou ook best achter zo'n stuurknuppel gaan zitten ja hoor! en zijn "volgelingen" ook.
Maar ik denk ook dat zij nooit op deze site naar de ongelukkigen onder het bloed zullen kijken!
"Men wend dan het hoofd af"...zoals dominee ter Linden het zo mooi kan zeggen.. hij die onze prinsjes en prinsesjes mag dopen.
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