I read an article in Le Monde Diplo last night that describes how the Talib are growing fast
in Afghanistan. They are Pashtun (tribe) and have recovered most of Southern Afghanistan.
West Paskistan is also Pashtun, so it's likely they are getting support, supplies, etc. from
Pakistan, our ally.
Within a year, very likely two years, the Taliban will control Afghanistan again. The
US-supported warlords are hated by everyone.
Irene brings up Somalia. Amusing how Lawrence and everyone else has forgotten Somalia. The
Bushies made a collosal blunder. US diplomats warned the Bushies not to do it, but Bush went
ahead. The Islamic groups were more or less in control, and Bush didn't like that, so he
gave hundreds of millions of dollars and weapons to warlords. The new CIA-warlord coalition
was named "The Committee for Restoration of Peace"!
The Somali warlords realized it was their chance to sieze a country, just like the warlords
in Afghanistan, and live it up with extortion, drug smuggling, rape, corruption, etc. The
Islamic groups realized the threat, and launched an all-out war against the warlords. They
won. The Bushies literally collapsed Somalia and turned it into an Islamic republic. Major
defeat.
yrs, andreas www.andreas.com
_Click here: Frist: Taliban should be in Afghan gov't - Yahoo! News_ (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061002/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_frist;_ylt=AiwUAajGjLgL6O T9cetYfigDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-)
Now we want the Taliban in charge of the Afghan govt.? I need a cheat sheet. I can't keep up.
Julie Krueger
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