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Afghanistan
Taliban office in Qatar approved by US
2011-09-13
THE US has given its blessing for the Taliban to be brought in from the cold with a critical step towards reconciliation as the world paused to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Washington has endorsed plans for the Islamist network to open political headquarters in the gulf state of Qatar by the end of the year. The move has been devised so the West can begin formal peace talks with the Taliban.

As a potent reminder of the potential value of a truce with the Taliban, attacks by the Islamist network in Afghanistan yesterday left two dead and 101 wounded in a truck bomb, marking one of the bloodiest days for American forces since the US invasion 10 years ago.

The office of the self-styled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would be the first internationally recognised representation for the Taliban since its fall in 2001.
Posted by:Unomotle Floluper4211

#3  At this point precipitous withdrawal would be the lesser evil. Leave the country and threaten immediate massive retaliation if there's any further act of aggression from the territory known as Afghanistan no matter if it is an "Islamic Republic" or an "Islamic Emirate." Also cut off all aid and impose sanctions.

The alternative is a Taliban regime recognized, protected and subsidized by the West. We're not yet in a position where we have to pay protection money to the Taliban. Western troops do not deserve to be sent to Afghanistan to serve the Taliban. We do not have to endure the spectacle of Mullah Omar triumphantly visiting the Ground Zero Mosque.

Withdrawal isn't 'Peace with Honor.' It is an act of implicit surrender and it will not bring about peace. But implicit surrender is still preferable to explicit surrender which is where this is going.
Posted by: Unomotle Floluper4211   2011-09-13 16:03  

#2  So the ISI appeared to have won through their Taliban proxies. The picture of Neville Chamberlain is very appropriate for this story, which, by the way, makes me sick.

Does the O admin work for the US or the Taliban? This is a national disgrace.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2011-09-13 14:08  

#1  Hey, I got an indear. Hows bout instead of reconciliation we try to locate and blow the shit outta Mullah Omar. I dunno, twenty...maybe fiddy mile radius. If he ain't there we try somewhere else. But that's just me.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2011-09-13 11:16  

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