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2010-08-16 Afghanistan

Petraeus holds out prospect of reconciliation with Taliban

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Posted by Fred 2010-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Honorable ~~surrender and get me the -phuech outta there~~ withdrawl guidance from Barry no doubt. One must wonder if General McChrystal saw this one coming.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-08-16 16:29|| 2010-08-16 16:29|| Front Page Top

#2 This could be done in a way to match the standard Kit Carson Scouts recruitment : turn low-level Taliban on the leadership, and make regional agreements. It has worked all over the world, most recently as the Sons of Iraq program proved -- but with Obambi as President, I don't think that is going to be the outcome.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-08-16 18:47|| 2010-08-16 18:47|| Front Page Top

#3 So the Taliban's punishment for enabling 9/11 will be political power in a new moderately islamofascistic Afghanistan rebuilt, subsidized and protected by Western taxpayers and military respectively. In other words they're getting protection money.

Why should a soon-to-be nuclear Iran fear the consequences of enabling attacks on the continental US?

With this step the US has given up on the very concept of deterrence. The (nuclear and conventional) security umbrella that is the foundation of America's alliances no longer exists.

Posted by Shavilet Poodle4474 2010-08-16 18:59|| 2010-08-16 18:59|| Front Page Top

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