Maureen, Remember that OBL and his group were considered a part of the Taliban. We gave the then government of Afghanistan enough time to turn over OBL and the rest of Al Queda. They refused and identified the Al Queda as part of the government. Going into Afghanistan was quite justified. Doing an entirely half assed job of it wasn't. Because of the current Iraq mire, troops are very thin on the ground. Another couple of provinces in the eastern part of the country are now mostly controlled by the Taliban, despite what the White House officials say.
As for other elements of success, in the region around Kabul things are more secure. That's something. the 200,000 refugees is down from over a million when the Taliban were in power. There is considerable success. The Provincial Recovery Team concept is working in NATO controlled areas. So stuff is happening, you just never hear of it. larry On 8/26/05, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're putting words in my mouth. I never said we shouldn't have > retaliated against those who carried out 9/11. But I feel that the > action taken was insufficient and not necessarily aimed at the right > people. After all, how many Afghans flew those planes? And I doubt > those 200,000 people living the refugee camps would consider the > operation an "astonishing success". I don't even think Shrub and his > minions would rank it that high. > > > On 8/26/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So we should have enacted zero retaliation on the Taliban government? Our > > failure to find Bin Laden is a disaster. But the overall operation in > > Afghanistan has been an astonishing success. > > > > Even you blind haters must see that. > > > > > Not the way he did. OBL is still free, and the warlords in control in > > > Afghanistan now are only marginally better than the Taliban. We're > > > stuck in the mire there and will be for years. There are almost > > > 200,000 Afghan's who are displaced from their homes, and the > > > situation is so bad in some places like Kandahar that the aid workers > > > cannot even get to the refugee camps to provide aid. > > > > > > On 8/26/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> You wouldn't have removed the Taliban government from Afghanistan? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171166 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
