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2005-12-22 Afghanistan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-12-22 11:06|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The batttle for Kunar province"

Lol, Dan. Much bigger than a regular battle, huh?

For the article's authors, Andrew North And Bilal Sarwary, I suggest the "batttle" against the Taleban is Afghanistan's, we don't have a vote and wanted the Afghanis folks to decide the issue, which they did. Or didn't you guys notice?

Prolly not.

As for the main thrust of the piece, which is mostly anti-US, bite me. The warlords and tribal leaders of Afghanistan who are for sale and don't give a rat's ass about anyone else are the real hurdle remaining to these people. It's stand up on your hind-legs time.

I've sworn off nation-building efforts forever. If Afghans "get it" and decide to maintain a free democracy, illiberal or whatever, more power to 'em. If they don't and allow a few asshat leaders and PakiWaki ISI operatives to set them back a dozen centuries, so be that, as well, as far as I'm concerned.

Once we remove our forces, any future interaction with Afghanistan should be punitive in nature because they reverted and involve no aid nor boots. Enough, IMHO.

Islam. That's where it all comes from - and goes back to. Focus.

Posted by .com 2005-12-22 11:55|| 2005-12-22 11:55|| Front Page Top

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