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Originally posted by FlamesAddiction@Dec 5 2004, 11:10 PM
It sounds like the U.S. is just looking to move more resources to Iraq or something because seriously, they have not succeeded in Afghanistan yet. Most of the country is still being run by the people who support Bin Laden. I can't believe the U.S. would rather just give amnesty to the Taliban than finish the job. It makes no sense at all. This is the country that harboured and trained the terrorists that conducted 9/11.
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That's clearly a fallacy considering the flacid opposition to the recent election. Period. You have no argument for that. That's simply the physical evidence.
It would be more accurate to say most of the country outside Kabul is controlled by various warlords, doing quite well in the opium business now that a relative peace has been restored. They also remember it was the Taliban who opposed the poppy trade.
And it was the Taliban who sheltered Bin Laden.
By the way, I'm sure the Americans would love to have various warlords filling the power vacuum in Iraq, focal points to deal with. There would be a lot fewer USA troops there right now if that situation were in place.
Afghanistan is a generational project, something to check back on in 20 years. But right now it seems to be heading in the right direction.
Cowperson