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2008-09-24 Afghanistan

US told it must hold talks with Taliban's Mullah Omar

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Posted by tipper 2008-09-24 11:52|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Go. Pound. Sand.

Posted by AlanC 2008-09-24 12:25|| 2008-09-24 12:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Sure! No problem!

Let me introduce you to our ~~little friend~~ representive...

The most honorable Hellfire Missile...

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-09-24 12:45|| 2008-09-24 12:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Does he have an illiquid asset that he is willing to discount? Because the only people we are talking to now are stupid people who have no income but own a house worth 80% less than their mortgage.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-09-24 12:49|| 2008-09-24 12:49|| Front Page Top

#4 "The solution, the bottom line, is that political stability will only come to Afghanistan when all political power groups, irrespective of the length of their beard, are given their just due share in the political dispensation in Afghanistan."

The length of their beard? Is that some quaint Pak hillbilly colloquialism or an actual political qualification?

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-24 12:50|| 2008-09-24 12:50|| Front Page Top

#5 State law mandated that, as a pre-divorce requirement, my (now-ex) wife and I hold talks, er, attend "counseling"..... That worked out well.....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2008-09-24 13:00|| 2008-09-24 13:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Was he in a huge hurry to talk to us prior to 9/11?

Well the shoe is on the other foot now. If you are going to piss off a tiger you'd best make sure before hand that it is TRUELY made of paper.

Posted by DLR 2008-09-24 13:32|| http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html]">[http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html] 2008-09-24 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Thought $10 million was being offered by the FBI for information on this guy. Invite to the get together where the free barbecue grill is given to perps.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-24 13:38|| 2008-09-24 13:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Usually these talks come with a parley offering.

If they want talks they need to give us something, like the heads of Binny and the doc.

Posted by Penguin 2008-09-24 13:40|| 2008-09-24 13:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Just tell us where he is. We'll go to him.

Posted by Grunter 2008-09-24 13:42|| 2008-09-24 13:42|| Front Page Top

#10 and why would this help bring any peace too this region. There sure as hell wasn't any there before the US started kicking the shit out of the Taliban

Posted by sinse 2008-09-24 14:26|| 2008-09-24 14:26|| Front Page Top

#11 NUTS

Posted by Lampedusa Shereter6603 2008-09-24 14:33|| 2008-09-24 14:33|| Front Page Top

#12 What the heck else would a Pakistani governor say? A - he's probably a Taliban symp. B - even if he weren't a Taliban symp, asking Uncle Sam to crush the Taliban would probably result in his death by suicide bombing. The fact is that the Taliban can kill Afghan governors, and they don't even run Afghanistan. Think about what they can do to Pakistani political figures, given that they run significant chunks of Pakistan.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-09-24 14:48|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-09-24 14:48|| Front Page Top

#13 What the heck else would a Pakistani governor say?

He's tied into the Pak military hardliners; the comments shouldn't be surprising.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-24 15:28|| 2008-09-24 15:28|| Front Page Top

#14 the Governor of Pakistan's lawless border areas...

If they're lawless, then he's not really a governor is he.... and what gives a Pak the right to an opinion about what goes on Afghanistan?

Posted by Flinert Panda1555 2008-09-24 15:33|| 2008-09-24 15:33|| Front Page Top

#15 Shoot the governor.

"Anybody else wanna negotiate?"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-24 15:44|| 2008-09-24 15:44|| Front Page Top

#16 Here's the meeting coordinates. Bring the entire gang in 24 hours.

Posted by ed 2008-09-24 16:59|| 2008-09-24 16:59|| Front Page Top

#17 Governor LePetomain?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-24 20:50|| 2008-09-24 20:50|| Front Page Top

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