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2010-05-06 Afghanistan

Afghanistan to offer Taliban leaders exile for peace: report

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Posted by tipper 2010-05-06 03:56|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 The document seen by The Guardian says insurgent leaders could face ``potential exile in a third country'', the report said, adding that Saudi Arabia has been used in the past for such purposes. It also calls for "deradicalisation" classes to be set up for insurgents and thousands of new manual jobs to be created for foot soldiers who renounce violence, the report said

Cant see them settling in a new country with a new job as they seek Jihad over any jobs!

Jihad gives them a meaning/purpose in life however stupid!

Posted by Paul2 2010-05-06 08:28|| 2010-05-06 08:28|| Front Page Top

#2 They're prolly hoping to pull a few fence sitters out of the equation as well as those military age fellas who are unemployed - a typical COIN tactic...not sure if it will be successful in this context but prolly worth a try.

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-05-06 09:00|| 2010-05-06 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Where they gonna exile them to? Pakistan?
Oh. Saudi Arabia. That was my second guess.

Posted by tu3031 2010-05-06 11:11|| 2010-05-06 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds Criminaly Stupid to me, Getting ALL the Taliban in one place and expecting "Peace".

They'll get No peace in that gathering.
Sorta like declaring the Jail a Prison after you've cut off all the bars torched off the doors and sent all the guards home.

Stupid.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-05-06 12:14|| 2010-05-06 12:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Where they gonna exile them to? Pakistan?
Oh. Saudi Arabia. That was my second guess.

The nice thing about that is that Saudi Arabia doesn't suffer Untermenschen sitting around collecting welfare payments. They go to the Magic Kingdom and they'll find themselves working like dogs, being treated like dogs... and paid like dogs. The Muslim version of purgatory.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-05-06 16:39|| 2010-05-06 16:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Looking at President Bush's official declarations made immediately after 9/11 ("We make no distinctions between terrorists and those who shelter them", "The Taliban will hand over the terrorists or share in their fate") this is nothing but an abject and very dangerous western surrender.

Precipitous withdrawal and subsequent chaos, ruin and devastation in Afghanistan would not do as much damage, as we would not officially give our blessings to this foul deal.

The reason for intervention in Afghanistan was to retaliate for 9/11 but that seems to have gone down the memory hole.

Posted by Guillibaldo Unoluse4693 2010-05-06 17:00|| 2010-05-06 17:00|| Front Page Top

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