HI Dan,

On Sun 2037-Mar-29 17:35, Dan Ceppa (1:138/666) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> May as well be honest about it, it's been what's happening
 RW> over there for years.  Musharraf was a double dealing
 RW> scumbag, but then that seems to be the way things operate
 RW> there these days.

DC> The problem is that we are virtually oblivious to how things are
DC> done in  that region.  

Yep, sho 'nuff as a friend says.

DC> Even when the Afghans were fighting the Russians the various Afghan
DC> groups  took time off to fight with each other over their local
DC> differences.   


tHose tribal rivalries had been going on for decades,
probably even centuries before that.  WHy would they change? IF they did
change, as soon as the enemy from without was
repelled then it was back to the same ol' same ol' ya know.

Regards,
           Richard
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