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2009-10-05 Afghanistan

Top US adviser doesn't foresee return to power by Taliban

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Posted by Pappy 2009-10-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 RIAN > DO IRANIAN MISSLES POSE A POTENTIAL OR REAL THREAT? Iran's SHAHAB-3's are believed by Russ to be capable of striking ISRAEL, ASIA, THE BALKANS, + RUSSIA, and may be used as COVERT COVER by iran for secret testing of LONGER-RANGED "SEJIL" SERIES MISSLES [read, ICBMS]???

* IIRC SAME > IRAN'S MISSLES ARE UNABLE TO HIT EUROPE: RUSSIAN DEFENSE ANALYST.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-10-05 00:27|| na]">[na] 2009-10-05 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Should've known what he is by the report on Israel/Paleo he wrote for Miz Rice.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-10-05 06:31|| 2009-10-05 06:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Is Jones enlisting in the Murtha Marines?

Posted by One Eyed Sheting1191 2009-10-05 09:33|| 2009-10-05 09:33|| Front Page Top

#4 the "only 100" comment pretty clearly was a reference to Afghanistan, there are certainly more than that in Pakistan. Jones was making the case that things aren't so bad in Afghanistan now.

Now I don't think thats a really strong case against more troops - the situtation is dynamic, and growth of taliban power would bring them that much closer to taking power over the next 18 months, even if they are not close now.

But I think your comments misread him as discussing Pakistan in that comment, which he was not doing, AFAICT.

I think you might want to

Posted by liberalhawk 2009-10-05 11:30|| 2009-10-05 11:30|| Front Page Top

#5 It seems to me there is a -- hopefully not deliberate -- verbal confusion here between Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Looks to me like it is deliberate. The NSA is not a person who would be confused between the Taliban and AQ. Far too many Pols and Beaurs are bouncing fluidly between the Taliban and AQ within a mere sentence or two without ever hinting that the subject is changing.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-10-05 18:24|| 2009-10-05 18:24|| Front Page Top

#6 After the Versailles Treaty, France and Britain didn't see Germany's return to power either.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-05 23:26|| 2009-10-05 23:26|| Front Page Top

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