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2025-02-22 Afghanistan

Rubio: ‘Taliban’ Cooperative with US Against ISIS, But Concerns Remain

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-22 2025-02-22 01:51|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 "By the same token, diplomacy has always required us and foreign policy has always required us to work in the national interest, sometimes in cooperation with people who we wouldn’t invite over for dinner or people ~~who slaughtered 3000 Americans and attacked the US NCA in a war crime committed on US soil~~ we wouldn’t necessarily ever want to be led by."

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them. "
George W. Bush, September 11th 2001

"These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate."
George W. Bush, Statement To Joint Session Of Congress September 20th 2001

Qatar harbors terrorists and the West doesn't hold Qatari leadership accountable in any way.

The Taliban did not hand over anyone. They are in power and in possession of a huge arms cache courtesy of the US and NATO's scary Article 5.

During the 20 years of Western presence the West has paid danegeld and imported elements of the Afghan's alien tyranny into Western politics and culture, including specifically Afghan but nonetheless especially revolting practices like Bacha-Bazi / Teen Drag Queens, reversing Stalin's statement that "Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach."

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-02-22 06:05|| 2025-02-22 06:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Addendum:

Some smart strategies are counter-intuitive but counter-intuitive strategies are not necessarily smart.

In politics, some SOBs are our SOBs, but in general SOBs aren't on our side.

If we treat them like our SOBs we become their Bs, see Qatar. see 'moderate' Afghans.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-02-22 06:43|| 2025-02-22 06:43|| Front Page Top

#3 so... the lesser of two weevils?

Posted by Mercutio 2025-02-22 09:43|| 2025-02-22 09:43|| Front Page Top

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