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Barack Obama: Taleban can be involved in Afghanistan future
Times Online ^ | 10/08/2009 | Tim Reid in Washington

Posted on 10/08/2009 1:11:01 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

President Obama is prepared to accept some Taleban involvement in Afghanistan’s political future and is unlikely to favour a large influx of new US troops being demanded by his ground commander, a senior official said tonight.

Mr Obama appears to have been swayed in recent days by arguments from some advisers, led by Vice-President Joe Biden, that the Taleban do not pose a direct threat to the US and that there should be greater focus on tackling al-Qaeda inside Pakistan.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bho44; bhofascism; democrats; obama; sodomhusseinobama; taleban; taliban
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To: Responsibility2nd

led by Vice-President Joe Biden, that the Taleban do not pose a direct threat to the US ................................. Ah Ha! I knew it, Biden is really running the country, just like Cheney did! The Taliban aren’t a threat to us, but their guests are.


21 posted on 10/08/2009 1:27:40 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (DON'T BLAME ME I VOTED FOR "PALIN"!)
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To: SkyDancer

I am in agreement there, no point missed.
Still THE most repressive in modern history. Way to go, Biden and BO.
It aint the United States anymore....its gone from waffle to wobble.


22 posted on 10/08/2009 1:27:43 PM PDT by himno hero
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To: Responsibility2nd

Why is anyone surprised at how The One makes his decisions and where his empathy lies?


23 posted on 10/08/2009 1:27:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Typical_Whitey

In the words of a famous bumper sticker “Obama, your proctologist called he found your head”.


24 posted on 10/08/2009 1:28:03 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Responsibility2nd

Obammy has lost his head, if he ever had one??????????????


25 posted on 10/08/2009 1:28:18 PM PDT by Doctor Don
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To: Responsibility2nd

Then let’s pack it up and get out. What a miserable smack in the face of our troops. Every time I think I have reached the limit of my utter contempt for these folks they come up with another trigger.


26 posted on 10/08/2009 1:30:24 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (It's better to give a Ford to the Kidney Foundation than a kidney to the Ford Foundation.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Obama lets the Taliban open the new islamic soccer games with his new Taliban power sharing policy. Farkin Icehole
27 posted on 10/08/2009 1:31:10 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: NormsRevenge
The closet muzzie speaketh.
28 posted on 10/08/2009 1:33:40 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Responsibility2nd

!#?%#!*&!# moron!

The Taliban encouraged Al Qeada to train in Afghanistan!! The Taliban is one of the most represive political entities in modern history. This is nothing less than surrender.


29 posted on 10/08/2009 1:35:14 PM PDT by kidd (Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
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To: hometoroost
This guy makes Carter look like a patriotic genius.

Who knew that we would miss Jimmy Carter?

(Or that Hillary Rodham would have likely been a better, and even more pro-American president than is Marxist Obama?)

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30 posted on 10/08/2009 1:39:01 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

I just heard this on the radio — and while horrified, I was not surprised one bit at Zero’s reported stance re the Taliban.

When’s the next 9/11?


31 posted on 10/08/2009 1:39:03 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: Responsibility2nd

Obama was brainwashed into thinking he can do Lenin’s gamble and get the world messiah ovation for staying out of war and yet winning against the evil “kaiser”, as if the Chinese and Russians or Euros would do the job for him.

This guy still cannot figure that the Russians have plaid the game and are playing him... he’s such an idiot of Ghandian proportion, wining through pseudo peace and illegal “consensual rape” for appeasement.

Welcome to the liberal world of illegal sacrifices and admiration for arrogant public suicides in the manner of suicide bomber chic.

Interestingly the illegal alien presidency without birth certificate is all the rage for the Rinos, whose Vichyism is becoming daily devotion.


32 posted on 10/08/2009 1:41:13 PM PDT by JudgemAll (control freaks, their world & their problem with my gun and my protecting my private party)
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To: MitchAccord
Irrespective of how "primitive" one is, freedom is desired.

Unless you're a tyrant.

33 posted on 10/08/2009 1:41:30 PM PDT by Principled (Get the capital back! NRST!)
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To: kidd
This is nothing less than surrender.

Oui.

This is what terrorism looks like when it is successful.

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34 posted on 10/08/2009 1:43:33 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Principled

Yes, freedom is desired. But why won’t the Afghanis fight for it? Or is that our responsibility?

I don’t mind giving them a helping hand, but this is way beyond that.


35 posted on 10/08/2009 1:44:42 PM PDT by MitchAccord
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well...he is recognized far and wide as the gun industry’s Salesman of the Year.

I nominate him for “Taliban Recruiter of the Year”.

Shouldn’t be hard to walk away with that hardware, no one even comes close.


36 posted on 10/08/2009 1:47:11 PM PDT by texmexis best
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To: Responsibility2nd

Lost a friend Sunday in Afghanistan, Sgt Roback (363rd EOD CO) died while working on an IED. I am in Germany prepping to deploy to Iraq In November with this coward as the CIC, please pray for us!


37 posted on 10/08/2009 1:49:23 PM PDT by Arkansas Tider (Army EOD)
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To: himno hero

Gotcha ...and you’re right. I personally think America needed Obama and his minions to do what they’re doing in hopes what they do will wake up those Americans who’ve become complacent ... true, there will be those who want to get whatever they can from the government as a handout. Fortunately if and when those that know how to survive ... will. One of my favorite movies is “The Postman” with Kevin Kostner ... or “Red Dawn” ....


38 posted on 10/08/2009 1:49:39 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Mat_Helm

Obama should read “A Thousand Splendid Suns” and get back to us on this.....Where is the feminist outrage in this country??!! Yeah, right.....


39 posted on 10/08/2009 1:50:08 PM PDT by Fu-fu2
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To: Responsibility2nd
I’m sure he was only talking about moderate Talibans…
/sarc

40 posted on 10/08/2009 1:50:19 PM PDT by cartan
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