Taliban Fight Each Other Over Traditions

Strategy Page ^ | 7-9-07 | Jim Dunnigan

[hunter112]

Hey, this is nothing compared to the battle they had over whether to fund-raise by selling cookies or mints...

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[Fred Nerks]

The consensus among tribal and political leaders on both sides of the border is that the Taliban radicals are going to be the agents of their own destruction.

faster please.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks...missed this yesterday....

Sounds good....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Anbar experience of Iraq replays in Afghanistan.....

WE Are Winning

[jveritas]

Amen Ernest.

[SunkenCiv]

Definitely.

[Marine_Uncle]

It could be tempting to follow that reasoning, but I am staying neutral. The Shieks in al Anbar have some incentives above and beyond simply wanting to get rid of al Qaeda. Oil, eventual inclusion into a future prosperouse Iraq, peace in their province come to mind.
In the case of the Afghans, it is more, just getting rid of a bunch of people who often are lead by wild radical Arabs, who are not part of their make up. They don't like to see some asshole from Saudi Arabia hold rule over their tribal area, and take their food, rape their women and kill their children with suicide vests in the name of allah, but other then that, they for the most part by what I see, simply want to be left alone within their little world of influence, e.g. a village area.