What would the 3000+ Americans, murdered by the Taliban, cry out today and demand?
Posted on 03/07/2009 2:53:11 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is open to the idea of reaching out to moderate elements of the Taliban, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
In an interview with the newspaper published on its website, Obama said that some of the U.S. success in Iraq involved reaching out to Islamic fundamentalists who had been alienated by the tactics of al Qaeda in Iraq.
"There may be some comparable opportunities in Afghanistan and the Pakistani region," he said. "But the situation in Afghanistan is, if anything, more complex."
Obama, who last month approved the deployment of 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan as part of an effort to stabilize the country, had suggested before becoming president that he was open to talks with more moderate Taliban leaders.
Insurgent violence is at its highest in Afghanistan since U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban in late 2001. Obama, who sees the Afghan conflict as a more pressing concern than the unpopular war in Iraq, is trying to convince other NATO nations to boost troop commitments to the international operation.
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Just “MORONIC” will do.
“Moderate Taliban” = They only cut off half the head.
Unbelievable.
Maybe the moderates use sharp blades for beheading? Perhaps they give warning before they start stoning you?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
September 11, 2001 is irrelevant.
Obama spent some time in Pakistan, maybe in those hills where the Taliban hide. We don’t know because Obama won’t tell, but we do know that he visited Pakistan during those missing years in his bio.
FUBO
Sorry, I had to erase my post over and over. Don’t want to get in trouble.
Mr. President....You mean these Taliban?
Finding a moderate Taliban may be as difficult and locating a moderate child molester......
That should cause some real fear among the Karzai government.
Once again, Zero screws an ally.
It was a ‘cultural exchange’.
Wait. Let me guess. He will invite them for a State dinner and as parting gifts he will give them some APACHE Helicopters, some .50 calibre sniper rifles and some TOWs.
Guess this was his plan for “winning” in Afghanistan, eh?
Is he out of his freakin' mind.
Iraq was 20 times more complicate than Afghanistan!
Iraq had 20 times as many people, and 20 times as many factions.
Obama has lost his mind.... BIG time!!
I guess that’s what they told Daniel Pearl, too.
Unbelievable. Even before Sept. 11th, the Taliban government had been international pariahs because of their imposition of “pure Islam” on Afghanistan. This included international condemnation of their brutal “Islamic justice” and their barbaric treatment of women.
Then after Sept. 11th, we invaded because the Taliban had given Bin Laden a safe haven, and directly supported him.
To paraphrase George W. Bush in his major speech after Sept. 11th, “the Taliban government must comply with our demands to turn over Bin Laden and Al Qaeda people in Afghanistan to us, or else they would share the fate of the terrorists.”
Aren’t we still committed to the Taliban sharing the fate of the terrorists?
Does Obama need a history lesson of how we got to this point?
Why don’t we just go ahead and surrender and get it over with
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