[Hoot Gibson]

The Tale of Two Clowns. It is time to send Karzai and Obama packing. It is unbelievable that an American President would be reduced to groveling during a time of war by publicly apologizing to a thug like Karzai during a time of war. Karzai sees the slaughter of a few American troops, who helped put him into power, as Afghanis showing their "feelings." Where is his public apology? Where is Obama's public demand for such an apology?

It is time for American troops to put some distance between themselves and Karzai and it is time for Obama to send the message that Karzai is a drone attack away from being the former Afghan president.


[INDENT]Seven US troops wounded in grenade attack in Afghanistan

SEVEN US troops were wounded on Sunday when demonstrators protesting the burning of the Koran threw a grenade into their base in the northern province of Kunduz, police said.

''The demonstrators hurled a hand grenade at US special forces based in Imam Sahib city of Kunduz Province. As a result, seven US special forces were wounded,'' Kunduz police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said.

The attack came after Afghan president Hamid Karzai went on television on Sunday to appeal for calm after five days of violent anti-US protests across his country over the burning of Korans at a US military base.

Karzai ''condemned with the strongest words'' the treatment of Islam's holy book and said the perpetrators should be punished but told his countrymen, ''Now that we have shown our feelings, it is time to be calm and peaceful.''[/INDENT]