-> On 29 Mar 09  08:57:49, Richard Webb got back to Bob Ackley 
-> Re: "Allies?"

 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.

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

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

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