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2002-09-28 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-09-28 10:57 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Here's a suggestion: let the Afghanis partition their country. The ethnic Tadjiks and Uzbeks, along with all the other non-certifiable ethnics in the north, have one country (let's call it "Afghanistan") with Kabul as its captial. They get western aid and assistance so long as they play reasonably nice with each other and run a secular republic. In the south, let the ethnic Pashtuns have a state (let's call it "Insanestan") with Kandehar as its captial. They can do what they want as long as they stay inside the very thick, very high coils of razor wire we put around the place. The Soddis can visit whenever they want.

Think I can get the Nobel peace prize for that one?

Posted by Steve White 2002-09-28 14:47:39|| 2002-09-28 14:47:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmm... I might be willing to share it with you. We'll talk...

Posted by Fred 2002-09-28 15:14:23|| 2002-09-28 15:14:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Afghanistan is a dog's breakfast of mutually hostile ethnic groups. Each appears to want to dominate the others, and Islam is hardly a unifying force. If they don't recognize their own territorial integrality, why should we? What if Russia, China and the U.S.A. created a security zone outside of the Pashtun areas, mutually propped secular republics, and protected them from jihadi primitives? It could be done if all parties recognized multilateral benefits from same. The status quo is not working, and cannot be made to work.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-09-28 20:40:21|| 2002-09-28 20:40:21|| Front Page Top

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