-> On 09 Jan 09  13:04:34, Richard Webb got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: American Taliban!

 RW> OF course it is, but the scary part is we should have been
 RW> able to see from the get go what we had over there.  The
 RW> afghan opposition fighters, can't spell the darned name at
 RW> the moment, were quite the pragmatic souls.  TAke the U.s.
 RW> weapons, and the radical jihadis that SAudi et al were glad
 RW> to send 'em.

The muhajadin?  

 RW> Had we stayed and worked on rebuilding infrastructure,
 RW> schools, etc. and shown 'em a little of that good ol'
 RW> American know-how things could have turned out quite a bit
 RW> different.  THey would have had a reason to send the young
 RW> jihadis home, gotten their act together.

That would have required a real commitment to their country.  Far better 
to simply use the silly wogs as a pawn in our war against Russia.  

 RW> we'll be cleaning up our mess over there for quite awhile
 RW> yet.

The US needs to realize that not only can't it police the world, any 
unilateral attempts at such a role are doomed to failure.  

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