At 12:48 1-12-01 -0500, Gautum Mukunda wrote:
>3000 American civilians were blown up on September 11th.
As were several people of other nationalities. I consider this a major
reason why the terrorists should be brought before an international court,
not an American court (either civilian or military). The attack took place
on American soil, but the victims were citizens of various countries.
>The Northern Alliance have two main things going for
>them. 1) They're on our side
So were the Taliban, once upon a time...
> and 2) They're a _lot_ better than the Taliban.
Not all that much better. The NA too has a history of murdering,
plundering, raping and things like that.
The only reason the US are supporting the Nothern Alliance is that they
share a common enemy ("the enemy of my enemy is my friend"). As soon as the
Northern Alliance has outlived their usefulness for the US, the US will
abandon them.
>That should be enough to satisfy anyone. Did you miss the
>pictures from liberated Kabul on CNN? You know, the people dancing in the
>streets, rejoicing, things like that? It looked like Paris in 1944 for
>God's sake.
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>Men and children rushed into the street to play soccer and fly kites _the
>same day_ that their cities were liberated. The first newscaster on Afghan
>TV once the Taliban expelled was...a 16 year old girl who did not wear a
>burqa. Men lined up to shave their beards.
Another thing that was shown on TV here: people in a Kabul movie theatre,
watching some old Afghan movie about the resistance against the Soviet
Union. Detail: everyone was allowed in. Everyone, except women... Not
*everything* has changed... :-(
Jeroen
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