[NC Conservative]

FYI

[lexington minuteman 1775]

I believe the President said "Dead or Alive" Guess Mr Bin Ladin is going for the first option. That works for me.

[LJLucido]

alliance commanders appeared to be chafing at the bit

Is it my imagination, or are metaphors being mixed here? A mixed metaphor always sticks in my claw.

[skeeter]

Mr bin Laden warned the US-led coalition that he would never allow himself to be captured alive. "America can't get me alive," he told a Pakistani interviewer.

I'm supposed to be upset?

[Post Toasties]

They'll never take me alive, see....!

Kalashnikov toting bin Laden is sounding more like a '40's B Movie gangster all the time.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mr bin Laden warned the US-led coalition that he would never allow himself to be captured alive. "America can't get me alive," he told a Pakistani interviewer.

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Go Ahead, Punk! - Make My Day! !
(I don't have the Clint Eastwood pic here at work to go with this) ;-(

[russdawg]

a friend of mine is in dasht-i-qaleh, this is not a hoax, please pray for him, he works for Shelter for Life in the Taloquan province and this is his city. I will find the video for all to see.

[gulfcoast6]

These folks are ruthless, they show no mercy to anyone, either side. They sure don't need a place to confine each other when caputured, just kill them and its all over. I was hoping that the southern tribes would join up and walk into Kubal. A year from now they will be fighting each other, that is the hatred they have within.

[mlocher]

but Mr. Bush tell them [NA] not to [invade Kabul]"

i understand that bush is trying to pacify certain moslem countries. i also understand that franks is bombing along the road to kabul. fortunately, bush does not have authority over the NA, so they should do as they deem appropriate.

most times that a football team plays prevent defense it gets scored upon. NA -- onward to kabul!

[CaptRon]

What?! Fierce Afghan fighters running away?! How are we to believe that? After all, they beat the British in 1839!

[alloysteel]

Are we sure that this is not merely a tactic by the Taliban and al-Qaeda to lure the Northern Alliance into a trap, where they are caught in a murderous crossfire, after they have outrun their logistics?

This seems almost TOO easy.... Pardon my suspicions, but doesn't this kind of destroy the Order of Battle? Circle to the west, approach Kandalar from the south and west, and isolate the remnants of al-Qaeda in the mountains to the north of Kandalar.

[Illbay]

...in what appears to be a sensational success for the American strategy of bombing in support of the Northern Alliance.

Eat that, CBSABCNBCCNN!!!

[JAWs]

I knew solid pressure on these creeps would bring the whole rotten structure down.

Note to Third World- don't &^%$* with the West.

[Double Tap]

Mr bin Laden warned the US-led coalition that he would never allow himself to be captured alive. "America can't get me alive," he told a Pakistani interviewer.

We don't want you alive S4!Tbag, dead will be just fine.

[Mark17]

"America can't get me alive," he told a Pakistani interviewer.

Where does this clown get the idea that we want to get him alive? I would much rather see us get him dead, and all his home boys too.

[marshmallow]

Pulling a piece of machinery to pieces is usually the easy part. Fixing the problem and reassembling it into a functional unit is usually somewhat more difficult. It's the second part which we need to accomplish in Afghanistan.

This is a country where conflict of some sort is as traditional as Thanksgiving turkey for Americans. It won't be easy.

It's is good that the Taliban appear to be on the back foot. However meanwhile, back in New Jersey............

[GVnana]

"America can't get me alive,"

Suits me.

[KirkandBurke]

Routed Taliban 'collapsing like dominos'

I didn't know Dominos was collapsing!? Darn! And I liked their pizza!

[Tricorn]

They're not retreating. They're simply launching a jihad in another direction...

[Barnacle]

Quagmire! We’re in a quagmire! We’re moving too fast! We’re moving too slow! And the sky is falling too. Is that what you’ve been hearing?

Let’s take a look now. We’ve dropped about 9,000 bombs and missiles on the Taliban. We wiped out their SAM sites, air power, communications infrastructure and supply depots. We’ve been striking their armored vehicles with pinpoint precision and carpet bombing their troop concentrations. And, we’ve lost how many men? How many planes? None! Does this sound like a quagmire? We’re kicking serious a$$, just like GW said we would. This is truly one of America’s finest hours. It’s time for back-seat critics like McCain and Biden to shut-up and get with the program. Bush has a fantastic team and they’re doing a stellar job - both militarily and diplomatically. If Bush says the NA should not enter Kabul, then - THE NA SHALL NOT ENTER KABUL! America is calling the shots. It is our planes and our men that have allowed the NA out of their caves and foxholes to advance on the Taliban and the NA had better listen our plan if they want to play a role in the Afghan government when the shooting stops.