U.S. courting Taliban again

Remember Taiban was once a "friend" of the US. They were instrumental in driving the Soviets out of Afghanistan. Well...the happy days are here again...USA - Taliban are back together!

So much for human rights and women's rights... :eyes:

http://us.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/05ariban.htm

"...US Assistant Secretary of States Richard Armitage met with Taliban's ex-foreign minister Wakeel Ahmad Mutawakil in Kandahar during his recent visit to Afghanistan. Mutawakil was recently released from custody for helping the US smoke the peace pipe with other senior members of the Taliban.

In short, Uncle Sam may be 'preparing to sub-contract its Afghanistan policy to Pakistan and the Taliban' and as The Telegraph puts it:

'Pakistan will once again get an instrument to interfere in Afghan affairs directly. The situation may begin to look a little bit better in the short run but eventually it would lead to the unraveling of the entire arrangement put together by the international community in Afghanistan.'

As if to prove this very point, on October 17, 40 Taliban prisoners, including several Taliban commanders and the brother of former Taliban defence minister Mullah Ubaidullah, mysteriously 'disappeared without detection' from a high-security prison in southern Afghanistan. And now, we hear that Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is beginning discussions with 'moderate elements within the Taliban' -- the release of swamp-monsters-2

So, the very combination -- Pakistan and Taliban, that helped bring down the WTC on 9/11 and ethnically cleansed hundreds of thousands of Afghans, are now being resurrected in Afghanistan -- and this time with US blessings..."

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With Republicans, you are only an enemy if there is no opportunity for money to be made. As soon as profits are projected, anyone can be a friend.