Posted on 02/17/2010 9:20:42 AM PST by savedbygrace
Yesterday, the New York Times broke the story that one of the Taliban’s top military commanders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, had been captured in Karachi during a joint raid by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the CIA. Baradar is reportedly second only to Mullah Omar in the Taliban’s loose hierarchy. The Times reported this as a huge victory, and the Obama administration took a few well-deserved bows.
At first blush, and based solely on the Times’s reporting and the administration’s reaction, this did indeed appear to be a major achievement. We noticed something odd with the triumphant tone, however. The article published yesterday noted that Baradar had been one of the Taliban’s “most approachable leaders” and one of the few Taliban commanders willing to negotiate with President Karzai's government.
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The way the left was playing it , we had visions of O kicking in the door of the hideout and subduing the terrorist .
It means that the Paks double crossed the US in a way that the US can’t publically condemn.
A slick move on their part....fools on our part.
Possibly. Or it could be he wanted to come in from the cold and this is just a mask. Maybe he negotiated a deal and next year will be running a Secong Hand carpet business in Scottsdale.
Wow!
You are thinking.
That very well could be.
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