Well, I guess I couldn't expect the information gleaned from one class 20 years ago to be an accurate guide for reality, Khaled, so thanks for the clarification.
Did the Taliban arise out of the Mujahadeen? Or were their roots from a completely different segment of Afghan society? I must say that either way I cannot picture any good reason for US involvement in Afghanistan, other than along the lines advocated by a group I heard speak lately on my local community radio station, a group of Afghani students who argued for an end to US occupation and war. Salaam, John On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:59 PM, khaledsa <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > 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/
