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| Afghanistan: The night fairies |
| 2006-03-26 |
| Four and a half years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Kandahar-based correspondent Sarah Chayes tells of the "steady erosion of security" that has left Afghans fearing for their lives. A resurgent Taliban is engaged in a campaign of terror and intimidation, carrying out judiciously executed murders and threatening retaliation against anyone seen collaborating with foreigners or the Afghan government. And there is abundant evidence that this resurgent Taliban is supported by U.S. ally Pakistan, Chayes reports. |
| Posted by:john |
| #6 Islam is the problem...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-03-26 22:29 |
| #5 I'd like to disagree. Al Qaeda isn't _the_ problem. It's _a_ problem. In a way, it's just another brand name. _The_ problem is larger than Al Qaeda. |
| Posted by: Phil 2006-03-26 21:03 |
| #4 Little more to add to this exchange, only that to focus on anything other than AQ would advance the day that it has nuclear weaponry to inflict even greater harm on innocence. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-03-26 20:31 |
| #3 Zhang Fei, your right, there I go again joustng wind mills. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-03-26 19:35 |
| #2 49pan: Our only real concern is if they are able to help rebuild AQ, otherwise so what? You have to remember - this article is from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists - whose doomsday clock is set at 7 minutes to midnight today. Having a sense of perspective isn't one of their more obvious qualities. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-03-26 18:40 |
| #1 A closed circuit of shortsighted policies has brought the United States to this pass: All other goals, such as democracy and reconstruction, have been consistently subordinated to the obsession with Al Qaeda, Spot on, and the way it should be and not short sighted at all. AQ attacked the United States of America, they are our number one enemy, period! Afghanistan harbored AQ, they fall and the government that supported them was destroyed, good job. This is the price they paid for supporting the attack on America. Afghanistan will never get out of the 13th century, they are no real threat to America, why should I care if they cant get past tribal fears. Our only real concern is if they are able to help rebuild AQ, otherwise so what? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-03-26 18:09 |