The Mujahadeen were not Taliban. The of fighters that drove off the soviets, including all the foreign fighters like Bin laden and company, did not start off as the religious nut jobs they are now.
If I am correct, the taliban did not come about until after the soviets left. In fact one of the opposition leaders, Shah Massoud was assassinated 2 days before the 2001 September attacks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Massoud The taliban were a political movement, under the guise of religion, that came about for political power grab. Khaled > John Carl > Thanks Khaled, > > I was gonna make a point about the Taliban "invading" Afghanistan, > but you make it so much better. > > When I was early in my Jr. College career, I remember reading about > the Soviet invasion and the Taliban resistance to those damn godless > commies and admiring the Taliban very much for their devoted and pious ways - > sleeping in caves and praying over their bullets, a mountain tribal people > resisting helicopter gunships. I was on their side then and it's been real > hard to shift and see them as the enemy now. > > > I do think they should have left those Buddhist statues alone. Bad > PR move! > > > John ____________________________________________________________ Hotel Hotel pics, info and virtual tours. Click here to book a hotel online. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=4Dyeeprg4-lvb5jBh0mCrwAAJ1BoN5MIA846iJgpKACKCvEMAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATRAAAAAA= Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
