>::nod:: and who says it's the correct decision? > >Just suppose that all of what has happened is one vast error. I don't >have the time to argue whether it was or not. I know you don't think >so. Just suppose. There is after all, still no good reason to be in >Iraq. > >But given that supposition --It isn't even an economic argument, >thought there is one there to be made -- Are we honoring our dead, are >we making America safer, and we doing ANY good. > >We have intervened on one side in a sectarian conflict. We've done >that before. On behalf of the Taliban, for instance.
Incorrect. This is another myth that seems to have arizen over the last 10 years or so. The US never intervened on behalf of the Taliban. The organization was not formed until after the Soviets left Afghanistan. While mujahideen fighers were a part of the Taliban in their drive to conquer Afghanistan, the organization never fought the soviets. They were formed as a response by Madrassas students (talib means student in afghani) to the chaos created by the Mujahideen warlords who were struggling for power from 1990 through 1995. Mostly the Taliban were from the Pashtun areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. And right now that's where most of the conflict is taking place, in the Pashto areas of Afghanistan, the areas of the north and west of Afghanistan are mostly peaceful, these are where the Northern Alliance was the strongest. > >My personal opinion is that the US needs a more granular understanding >of other cultures before it attempts to manipulate them. And that is >while leaving all moral and economic considerations to the side. > The myth you just help advance is a perfect example of that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243724 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
