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Obama mulls reaching out to moderate Taliban: report
Reuters ^ | Mar 7, 2009

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaedawonnov4; bho44; dhimmitude; husseinobama; islam; jihad; moderateislam; muzziemole; obama; taliban; toldjaso; traitor; wot
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To: Mr. Mojo
Moderate Taliban, interesting verbal construct. Does a moderate taliban allow lipstick on women, but bashes their brains out with rocks for high heels?

Obama is incompetent.

101 posted on 03/08/2009 9:57:49 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: indiana_gop
How do you negotiate with people who’s only objective is to kill as many of us as they can?

Did you mean the Taliban or Obama. Seems I am not sure these days.

102 posted on 03/08/2009 10:04:33 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: valkyry1
The rest of the world is going to play Obama like a cheap fiddle.

More like a cheap whore. Seems everything is for sale now.

103 posted on 03/08/2009 10:06:31 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

They’ll tell him to convert the US to islam or die.


104 posted on 03/08/2009 10:09:11 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault
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To: Mr. Mojo
"moderate Taliban"

That's like saying moderate cannibals. Obama is showing his ignorance and naivete here.

105 posted on 03/08/2009 10:22:33 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2

Obama reaching out to the Taliban.

Obama gives $900m to Hamas.

Hillary Clinton talks to Assad of Syria.

Is that what the Jews of America were expecting when they voted for the Messiah?


106 posted on 03/08/2009 10:48:38 AM PDT by techno
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To: Mr. Mojo

The moderate Taliban are the ones who merely supply the weapons and do the paper work (i.e figures of “dishonored” women and girls killed today, number of sharia executions, honor killings, beard count, etc)


107 posted on 03/08/2009 11:53:22 AM PDT by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: Diogenesis

Had 9/11 happened under the Democrats, they would have done it the Clinton way: send out a single unit of special forces to Afghanistan, withdraw them in a day, and then forget all about it.


108 posted on 03/08/2009 11:55:24 AM PDT by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: Edit35

Obama never had a mind. He is a ****ing idiot.


109 posted on 03/08/2009 11:56:50 AM PDT by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: Ranger Warrior

You might want to start looking now. Obama mentioned his “first term in office” in his state of the union address. That is a clear hint that this man intends to control elections.


110 posted on 03/08/2009 11:59:17 AM PDT by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: Mr. Mojo

This is an example of the stopped clock being right twice a day. Such an initiative is the analog in Afghanistan of what Gen. Petraeus did in Iraq vis-a-vis the Sunni insurgency that resulted in the Awakening movement. It worked in Iraq. It should work in Afghanistan.


111 posted on 03/08/2009 12:09:38 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Obama and all of his leftist supporters are already overreaching all over the place on all of the issues!


112 posted on 03/08/2009 12:43:06 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
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To: Soothesayer

Moderate taliban-the oxymoron du jour.


113 posted on 03/08/2009 2:53:13 PM PDT by mayflower1637
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To: Mr. Mojo

He’ll probably offer them fed money to come to the US like he is doing for the Palis.


114 posted on 03/08/2009 3:19:36 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Looking for our Sam Adams)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Ok, there may be moderate Muslims, but by deffiniition there are no Moderate members of the Taliban. The Taliban is what defines the radical members of Islam. Obama is double talking here to confuse his critics. This is an outright and defacto capitulation to these nuts. They are laughing all the way to the Morgue on this one.........


115 posted on 03/09/2009 8:39:05 AM PDT by scannell
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To: driftless2

a moderate Taliban just wants to enslave you
a regular one wants to cut your head off


116 posted on 03/09/2009 8:41:36 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Soothesayer

His ratings are tanking.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll


117 posted on 03/09/2009 8:45:47 AM PDT by Crawdad (If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: Edit35
"But the situation in Afghanistan is, if anything, more complex (than Iraq)." Obama thinks.

We haven't got a prayer with this boob in charge.

118 posted on 03/09/2009 9:53:20 AM PDT by John Valentine
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