Afghanistan- again

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<p><a href=“http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/bomber-kills-16-including-two-gis-in/20060908060009990001[/url]”>http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/bomber-kills-16-including-two-gis-in/20060908060009990001&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and with the agreement between the Taliban and Pakistan…what is going to happen now</p>

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<p>Yeah, war is hell and people die. It’s very sad. Was there anything else that you expected to convey with this link?</p>

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<p>That the people we fought, the taliban, are coming back, that opium is now a huge crop once again, that Pakistan has signed an agreement with our enemy, that Bin Laden is still there, and that this could go on for a every very long time while our government if contemplating going to war in Iran…</p>

<p>and this under Bush’s watch…remember, he didnt really care about Bin Laden much…and because we are stretched so thin militarily, we are losing everywhere</p>

<p>who would have thunk it</p>

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<p>You can be like Bill Clinton and just do nothing. That worked well. NPR just had a long interview with a New Yorker writer who just published a book on Radical Islam. First thing, it is not about the US except when we get in their way of trying to conquer and unite the Muslim world. Maybe you should find the book. The choices are not pretty but have to be made unless you like the idea of a Taliban style government ruling a large portion of the world.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.lawrencewright.com/books.html[/url]”>http://www.lawrencewright.com/books.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>But you see, we ARE fighting the Taliban, and the Taliban are coming back strong, so what have we accomplished? And our good buddies the Pakistanis have signed an border agreement with them that they can live in Pakistan if they are “peaceful”…so they are know welcome once again in another country…are we talking to Pakistan and saying, Sup With That?</p>

<p>I was all for invading Afghanistan…but were are we now? it is going backwards in many many repects…we just haven’t done the job because we are spread to thin…</p>

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<p>It’s a tough job and right now most are not with us. Soon Europe will suffer more directly and wise up. Then we will have enough strength to contain them better. But it will be a long and probably lack a clear end and “victory”. Occasional bombings and terror acts will be part of our life just as it was in Britain with the IRA.
One thing he pointed out was that US Muslims are much better integrated than those in Europe and Europe needs to do a better job of inclusion.</p>

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<p>We actually have captured Bin Ladin, he is just being held somewhere until a few weeks before Bush leaves office. The Bush Administration will then announce his capture and GWB will be long remembered as one of the greatest presidents ever lived. Gosh, everybody knows that.</p>

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<p>I had forgotten that Europe hasn’t reaaly been in any wars…they are just clueless…</p>

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<p>^PRECISELY! That is why we now eat “freedom fries”, not “French fries”.</p>