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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
First off, I support the mission in Afghanistan and a couple months ago when I lived in Ottawa Centre I wrote my NDP MP (whom I voted for and would again if I still lived there) stating that I thought the NDP were doing a dis-service to the Afghan people who want and need us there.
BUT what I'm not getting here is why conservatives are bashing Jack for his "negotiate with the Taliban" comment. The Taliban are not listed as a terrorist group by any nation that I know of. They overthrew a corrupt Afghan government and instituted an efficient and strong government. Yes, it was obviously mysogynistic and oppressive, but that doesn't make it a terrorist group.
Why is it that right wingers laud negotiations with Kim Jong-Il while laughing at the notion of negotiating with the Taliban? And don't tell me one side has the bomb and the other doesn't. There appears to be a serious philosophical contradiction here that goes beyond "well it's okay to negotiate with Kim Jong-Il because we're scared less of him".
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They are listed as connected to several terrorist orginizations....by the Government of Canada for one.
http://www.securitepublique.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp