Maybe so. If I understand you correctly you are saying that the Taliban is not the same as the Northern Alliance, so while we intervened in Afghanistand it was on behalf of different groups. This may well be true. I don't claim expertise in Central Asian history; I was just looking for an alternative to Saddam as an example. We did intervene though and the attempt at social engineering does not seem to have advanced the interests of the US. That's my major point.
However, I wish I had confidence that the people making policy for the country knew better than I did. It seems to me that we are about to pay the price for the "don't bother me with the facts" attitude of the Bushies. What I know about the area I know through a study of the history of the British Empire and they had essentially the same experience there... chasing people through harsh unfamiliar terrain that their opponents on the other hand knew intimately. Dana > The myth you just help advance is a perfect example of that. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243728 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
