I'd say in the short term it was bad, we could have pulled out sooner, leaving them under another dictator.
This way there is an elected government in place, one of by and for the people. Might not be a Jeffersonian republic, but I doubt one would work there, they don't have our common legal and political history (common law and so forth) religion and strength have been the two means that people have ruled there. -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 2:47 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: is this true - Obama hinting at negotiating with the Taliban? > TheScout wrote: > I say treat it like the Baath party, no jobs, no membership in government if > you were a MEMBER of the Taliban. If you just worked with them you're > straight. Hey Scout, I haven't really followed this thread, and I don't know crap about Afghani politics, but wasn't the Baath party thing a huge mistake for Iraq? I've heard the reason was because many people simply joined out of necessity. In other words many "members" were, say, college professors that didn't want their family killed so they joined; but at the end of the day they had no allegiance or care for Baathists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291129 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
