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2010-03-09 Afghanistan
There is no Taliban
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Posted by Fred 2010-03-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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#1 There isn’t a Taliban or was there a threat from Saddam/Iraq.
What there is most definitely is a strong Islamic following of Jihad that motivates young male followers to carry out armed conflict against those they consider “the enemy”.
Unfortunately the enemy is everyone that isn’t ultra orthodox Islamic, so also ironically and hypocritically includes most of the Islamic people of this world.
“As long as their enemies are armed and uniformed whether with a gun or a briefcase makes no discerning difference, this is the dress of their enemy and justifies attack under the name of Islamic Jihad”, this is my understanding of the Islamist message, correct me if I’m wrong please.

We have all seen their actions and heard their voice to know we are directly threatened by these small but motivated groups. We are directly threatened within our own countries that have our names and our religions upon them because this ideological belief is being taught in questionable mosques here thanks to backing from certain Islamic states.

The reality is that the anger that exists in these young males bearing European or American passports is going to manifest itself in some cases.
It is best if that manifestation occurs outside of our borders and directed at fit men trained to kill i.e. our armies, than in our streets, transport systems, offices, pubs.
By placing a battle ground outside of our borders directly makes our countries safer.
Posted by Sir Victor Emmanuel Glomomble IV 2010-03-09 03:16||   2010-03-09 03:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Finally, somebody serious.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-03-09 03:17||   2010-03-09 03:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Sir VEGI?
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-03-09 06:54||   2010-03-09 06:54|| Front Page Top

#4 A different president would be able to remember 2001 and would reactivate the Northern Alliance. They hate Mullah Omar, Hekmatyar, and Haqqani, and they defeated them once before in just 60 days

Someone gets it.

Although, you could argue the Northern Alliance has already been reactivated. It's now called the Afghan National Army.
Posted by phil_b 2010-03-09 15:40||   2010-03-09 15:40|| Front Page Top

#5 the Northern Alliance has already been reactivated. It's now called the Afghan National Army.

Given the percentage that are Pashtun, I think you're right, phil_b.
Posted by trailing wife 2010-03-09 19:31||   2010-03-09 19:31|| Front Page Top

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