NATO has taken over command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, marking the first time in the Atlantic alliance’s 54-year history that it has headed a security operation outside of Europe.<br /><br />
The change in command August 11 comes amid calls from international aid agencies, as well as the Afghan government, for ISAF’s geographic mandate to be expanded to include areas outside of Kabul province.<br /><br />
Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah told participants at a handover ceremony that bringing security to areas outside of Kabul Province is critical to conducting free and fair elections next year – a key long-term goal of the 2001 Bonn Agreement and UN Security Council resolutions that created Afghanistan’s Transitional Administration and the ISAF mission.
NATO Takes Over Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Nato takes over Afghan security
Germany Takes Over Quick Reaction Force in Afghanistan | Germany
Read this article in it’s entirety

Posturing over Afghanistan puts Nato at risk

The US turned the mission over to NATO, as it should have. As we have seen increased violence, the US is once again stepping up to the plate and supplying the lions share of support for the mission.

You keep bringing up Bin Laden as if the man sits in his cave and calls each play..newsflash..he doesn’t, and we have captured and/or killed many in his inner circle. We have made progress, but let’s not pretend that we don’t have a problem getting to OBL because of Pakistan. Yes OBL should be dipped in pork juice from head to toe, buried in the sand up to his neck and kissed all over the face by homosexuals, as an encore, have 72 virgins strip from their burkas and do a dance for him as the curse and booze it up, and then, hang him by the toenails..

I don’t see the Freedom Towers being opened until 2015 at the earliest….That is my bet.

This still doesn’t address why Afghanistan was “outsourced” to NATO and why Bin Laden wasn’t hung by his toenails.
NY-David

- Part of the New World Trade Center, which is expected to be completed in 2012 – 2013. Link to Project Diagram:
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?21195322
- This is the Freedom Tower’s second official design. The first, designed by David Childs in collaboration with Daniel Libeskind, was disregarded due to concerns raised by the New York Police department that the building would be vulnerable to a car bomb blast.
- The building now officialy 108 Floors tall, instead of 82. The base will occupy floors 1 – 19, Floors 20 – 63 will be offices, floor 64 will be a skylobby, floors 65 – 88 will also be offices. Floors 89 – 99 will be Mechanical floors, floors 100 – 102 will be used for Observation and other public uses. Floors 103 – 108 will then be more Mechanical Floors.
-The new design attempts to address the NYPD’s concerns with its 186.5-foot-high reinforced concrete blast resistant base, which will contain the Freedom Tower’s 80-foot tall lobby and three of its mechanical floors.
- The base of the tower, which was originally to be clad in polished steel and titanium like 7 WTC, will now be covered in vertical bands of glass prisms. The base will have no windows except for several tall narrow ones which will be placed a minimum of 25 feet above the ground.
- The cornerstone of Freedom Tower was laid in July 2004, before the redesign was deemed necessary. The stone was then removed in mid 2006 as foundation work for the tower began.
- After lengthy and combative negotiations that resulted in a reconfigured lease agreement between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the owner of the World Trade Center) and Larry Silverstein (the leaseholder of the complex), construction of the Freedom Tower began on April 27, 2006. Not long after the start of construction, a new battle with the insurers of the World Trade Center resulted from the reconfiguration of the lease. The court battle now threatens to delay or end construction.
- More information about the Freedom Tower can be found at:
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation: http://renewnyc.com/
Silverstein Properties: http://www.silversteinproperties.com

Construction progress slow at World Trade Center site

Briefing: The void at ground zero
The Week Daily – Aug 8, 2008
The centerpiece of the 16-acre site in lower Manhattan, the 1776-foot Freedom Tower, originally was scheduled to be completed in 2006, but that building …
Work continues on most WTC projects
Downtown Express – Jul 24, 2008
The Port had to move the staircase because it was blocking the gate at Greenwich and Vesey Sts. that trucks will use to bring materials to the Freedom Tower …
Enjoy freedom at this park
Times of India, India – Aug 1, 2008
According to the BBMP officials, delays in awarding contracts have been a key reason for the slackened pace of progress. With the run-up to the launch …
Newsday, NY – Aug 18, 2008
The Freedom Tower is no longer just a seven-story foundation. It has risen 25 feet above the street, which means the entrance will soon take shape. …

Lets see know, in 1917 the people in Russia wanted change from the Czar. Boy did they get it Lenin/Stalin over 20 million murdered.

In 1932 the people of Germany wanted change, boy did they get it. Over 6 million murdered.

In 1947 China wanted change, boy did the get it over 40 million murdered.

Of course all three cases it was heros of the left that were in charge after change.

Do we really want change????????????????????

The best after school youth service program in this country is the Boy Scouts of America, an organization that the Democrats have been trying to destroy for years. As successful as the Boy Scouts have been in teaching young boys good solid moral values, the Democrats have tried to destroy them because they refuse to risk the health and safety of their juvenile members by allowing homosexuals to be leaders. We all know how well that worked out for the Catholic church, but the Dems are so much more interested in keeping the homosexuals happy that they don’t care. Of course they’ll claim allowing homosexuals to take large groups of young boys camping is best “For the children.”

———

No, there really isn’t…for Republicans this election.