I'm hoping some folks might be moved by this appeal to act to prevent Dem leaders from crushing talk of political accomodation in Afghanistan as they did in Iraq. It should just take a minute to dash off a letter to you local newspaper using the link below:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/fristafg_ltr.html Frist Draws Criticism for Comments On Taliban Associated Press, Wednesday, October 4, 2006; Page A16 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/03/AR2006100301284.html Democrats criticized Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist yesterday for saying that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and for favoring bringing "people who call themselves Taliban" into the government. Frist, who was in Afghanistan, said Monday that Taliban fighters are too numerous and too popular to be defeated. "You need to bring them into a more transparent type of government," he said. Democrats accused Frist of trying to "cut and run" in Afghanistan, something Republicans have been accusing Democrats of seeking to do in Iraq. "Senator Frist now suggests that the best way forward in Afghanistan is to coddle the Taliban by welcoming Taliban members into a coalition government, as if 9/11 had never happened," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said. [To express support for Senator Frist's suggestion that the U.S. seek a political accommodation with supporters of the Taliban, you can use this link: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/fristafg_ltr.html] -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org
