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Talking to Taliban is Pointless and an Act of Surrender
Canada Free Press ^ | March 15, 2009 | Sami Alrabaa

Posted on 03/15/2009 9:48:46 AM PDT by Zakeet

During his electoral campaign in 2008, Barack Obama said repeatedly that if he was elected president of the United States of America, he would talk to the Taliban.

At the time, Obama’s rival, Ms. Hillary Clinton described Obama’s wish as “naïve and irresponsible”.

Now she is Obama’s Secretary of State and has to obey her boss.

But is it really possible to appease the Taliban?

(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; foreignpolicy; hillary; moderatetaliban; wot

Everything I do is pointless and an act of surrender.

Note: The rest of the article lists a number of reasons why the Community Organizer and the World's Smartest Woman are completely clueless when it comes to dealing with Afghanistan.

1 posted on 03/15/2009 9:48:46 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
Those ears must have been photoshopped.

They are really funny looking.

2 posted on 03/15/2009 9:52:36 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (The Stimulus Package: Preamble to the Democrat's new Declaration of In Dependence)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Negotiator: “Let’s talk.”

Taliban representative: “Firdt I behead you then we’ll talk.”


3 posted on 03/15/2009 9:54:54 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: Ev Reeman

I detest Obama.

But suppose that you want to go after Mooslims in Afghanistan. Wouldn’t you want to say, “Gee, we extended an olive branch to them, but they just slapped it away. Durn, we tried our hardest to achieve peace through diplomacy first.”

As much as I hate him and the Dems, it makes sense IFF you care about world opinion.


4 posted on 03/15/2009 9:59:15 AM PDT by whitedog57
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

http://www.fighttheears.com


5 posted on 03/15/2009 10:05:29 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: Zakeet
Moderate Taliban

6 posted on 03/15/2009 10:17:06 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Zakeet
Photobucket

“THERE SHALL BE PEACE IN OUR TIME. OR IS IT TIME TO SMASH AMERICA TO PIECES? I get sooo confused any more…”


7 posted on 03/15/2009 10:17:22 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Dick Bachert

READ MY LIPS NO NEW ENEMY COMBATANTS!


8 posted on 03/15/2009 10:19:29 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: Dick Bachert

“Mr Bin Laden is a very reasonable man”


9 posted on 03/15/2009 10:21:07 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: Zakeet

I’m reminded of the scene in the film “Independence Day” where Bill Pullman (the president) is trying to reason with the captured alien when Pullman asks “what do you want of us” to which the alien replies “we want you to die”. In their lighter moments, the Jihadists contend that they would be satisfied if we all just converted to Islam-maybe that’s what Obama has in mind.


10 posted on 03/15/2009 11:05:13 AM PDT by Spok (Proud father of a future Marine-3 April 2009 OORAH!)
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To: Zakeet
Not only is he a socialist, but he's a coward too.
11 posted on 03/15/2009 11:09:20 AM PDT by MissEdie (America went to the polls on 11-4-08 and all we got was a socialist and a dottering old fool.)
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To: Zakeet

I believe in talking at them. “Give up or die.”


12 posted on 03/15/2009 12:04:19 PM PDT by yazoo
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To: Zakeet

bttt


13 posted on 03/15/2009 3:07:09 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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