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2006-06-07 Afghanistan

Liberation, France: Afghan Success is Fading Fast

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Posted by 3dc 2006-06-07 12:23|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Won't even follow the link, don't need to...
Libération = french al guardian = holier-than-you leftist newspaper read by bobos only (and thus on the perpetual verge of bankruptcy, despite having been saved by the Rotschild), founded by maoist thugs turned corporate businessmen, and Jean Paul "I was always wrong" Sartre (IIRC).
Nickname = "Collaboration".
' nuff said.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-06-07 12:31|| 2006-06-07 12:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Other evidence that the American strategists refuse to acknowledge: in spite of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's many denials, Taliban fighters continue to benefit from the support of Pakistan's Secret Services (ISI), who allow them use the territories of Northern Pakistan as they wish; ISI officers, nearly a state unto themselves, never recovered from the "loss" of Taliban Afghanistan, which they had nurtured into power to equip their country with "strategic depth [a buffer zone]," in case of open warfare with India. The ISI has also permitted Pakistani militants to join the ranks of the Taliban; these were Islamic militants, whose terrorist activities in Indian Kashmir were recently halted by Islamabad. These reinforcement into the ranks of the Taliban go hand in hand with the spread of battle tactics reminiscent of the Iraq war; car bombs, ambushes, suicide attacks and the undermining of communication systems are now nearly daily events in Afghanistan.

Another worrying development: an alliance which is as paradoxical as it is tactical, is now being forged between the Islamic fighters and those who were once their enemies, the drug barons. Forgetting that they were once forced out of work by the Taliban regime, the opium traffickers with the help of private militias, are resisting the poppy eradication campaigns launched by the central government at America's behest. They then find themselves in the position of being objective allies of the Taliban, who take advantage of the situation to recruit among poor farmers, the main victims of the poppy eradication plan.

Posted by john 2006-06-07 16:56|| 2006-06-07 16:56|| Front Page Top

#3 The saddest thing is that there is one key lesson, IMHO, that we should learn from Afghanistan and Iraq:

Islam is the ultimate black hole of humankind. It is the anti-logic, anti-thought, anti-free-will, anti-truth, anti-human. It is the perfect opposite of Freedom. You can liberate others, if there is no vestige of Islam present. Of course, it is always better if they do it themselves. Where Islam exists, the only recourse is to keep it backward, mired in the 7th century. Bomb it back there and repeat as necessary. No cell phones, nothing motorized, no weaponry more advanced than clubs and slings, no modern medicines, no press, nothing beyond the seventh century... and most important, no one over the age of 3 may emigrate. In time, say 4 or 5 generations, it will extinguish itself naturally, possibly as Allan intends, with minimal loss of life and treasure for its warders.

Posted by flyover 2006-06-07 17:29|| 2006-06-07 17:29|| Front Page Top

#4 and Jean Paul "I was always wrong" Sartre

*snicker* I never did like the man. The thinking he was so proud of is muddy, at best.

Actually, a very pretty bit of a precis, a5089. Thanks!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-07 17:35|| 2006-06-07 17:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Forgot something, add:

As for the adherents of Islam already in the West who are over the age of 3, deport them to the enclave of their choice. Parents may take their children with them, or entrust them to any fmaily remaining in the West.

Just an idea that kills fewer of us.

Posted by flyover 2006-06-07 17:36|| 2006-06-07 17:36|| Front Page Top

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