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2006-07-20 Afghanistan

EU Envoy Predicts Autumn Test For Southern Insurgency

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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Obvious, but -- the Taliban/ISI/AlQaeda *must* continue demonstrating their big offensive push. As soon as they let up they lose face, without the peepul's faith they have no recruits, hence no jihad, and Allah will turn on them and send them all to have their bellies roasted in Hell. Which means we'll have to listen to an endless stream of this kind of oh-so-clever analysis, darn it!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-20 07:33|| 2006-07-20 07:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Vendrell, who has a long history of dealing with Afghanistan...noted that "summers are always hot"

Brilliant!

Posted by BrerRabbit 2006-07-20 08:00|| 2006-07-20 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 A complete load of fluffy nothingness from a lifelong parasite, er, diplomat. Hmmm. Note that he doesn't even deign to mention the US one time. Not once.

How can anyone talk about Afghanistan and the Taliban in the present or recent timeframe, at some length, and never, not once, find that the role or efforts of the US there merits even mentioning?

LOL. I guess it's by posing everything from the exalted Vulture Elite view of an irrelevant condescending fuckwit asshole functionary.

Posted by Omusing Angong1547 2006-07-20 08:20|| 2006-07-20 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 "...deployment of thousands of British, Canadian, Dutch, and other troops"

That would make us the "other," then?

Posted by Secret Master 2006-07-20 16:43|| 2006-07-20 16:43|| Front Page Top

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