AS CRISIS GROWS, OBAMA MEETS WITH KARZAI AND ZARDARI - and it all has that deja vu feeling to it...

Now - 2009 - from the BBC:

US President Barack Obama has said after meeting his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts that they are united in the goal of defeating al-Qaeda.

Speaking in Washington, Mr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.

He also pledged greater resources to help civilians in both countries and try to avoid civilian casualties.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's army was engaged in bloody operations to reverse a Taleban advance in its northern provinces on Wednesday.

The bottom line at the summit was more American troops for Afghanistan and more aid for Pakistan, with the Obama administration deepening its involvement in the search for stability, the BBC's Kevin Connolly reports from Washington.

'Solid support'

Mr Obama said his counterparts fully appreciated the gravity of the security threats posed by militants.

2006 - MSNBC:

President Bush appealed to the bickering presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday to put aside their differences and “strategize together” over dinner on ways to defeat the common enemy of terrorism.

Standing between Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Bush emphasized “the need to cooperate, to make sure that people have got a hopeful future” in both countries.

The region and the world don't need more happy-unity talk.

We need to smash the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

A few nukes will do the trick. Preferably Paki nukes.

And all these apologies for civilians killed!?!?! WTF?!?!? If the freakin' Pak military did it's jib none of these high-priced surgical precision drone attacks would be necessary.

WE FIRST COUNTER-ATTACKED THE TALIBAN IN 2001. WE DIDN'T USE OUR NUKES THEN - WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE. THAT'S WHY - 8 YEARS LATER - AND WE'RE STILL FIGHTING --- AD STILL FIGHTING WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND OUR BACK.

ENOUGH HALF-ASSERY: LET'S BLOW THE TALIBAN SCUM TO KINGDOM COME.