Bill Frist: Taliban Appeaser

[AtomicKitten]

More voices urge co-opting Taliban
Some U.S. officials see inclusion as way to curb insurgency

Anna Badkhen, SF Chronicle Staff Writer

Excerpts:

Critics across the U.S. political spectrum have criticized the Pakistani deal in North Waziristan and lashed out at the idea of bringing the Taliban into the realm of Afghan politics.

When Frist called for the assimilation of "people who call themselves Taliban into a larger, more representative government" last week, Democratic legislators accused him of trying to appease the Taliban, which had provided a sanctuary for Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda until the United States launched an offensive Oct. 7, 2001, to depose the radical militia.

"Sen. Frist now suggests that the best way forward in Afghanistan is to coddle the Taliban ... as if 9/11 had never happened," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, said in a statement.

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More than 3,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan so far this year, including more than 130 foreign troops. On Friday, a suicide bomber detonated his car near a NATO convoy in the southern Kandahar province, killing one NATO soldier and eight civilians and wounding nine others. On Monday, a remote-controlled mine killed five people, including the three top officials of the Khogyani district of the eastern Nangarhar province.

enitre article at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/15/MNG9RLPT3N1.DTL&hw=Anna+Badkhen&sn=001&sc=1000

[AtomicKitten]

1. woo-hoo!!!!

Ignored again at DU.

My neighbor used this this A.M. on the sidewalk outside my house to browbeat another neighbor who is a staunch wingnut. It was an awesome neighborhood throw-down for democracy.

This is terrific ammunition to throw back in their faces.

I guess I should have titled my post "Kerry Clears His Throat."

[Crunchy Frog]

2. I'll give you a kick and a reccomend.

I find it interesting, even if nobody else does.:hi:

[AtomicKitten]

5. thanks

After having read it Sunday in the SF Chronicle, it was a hoot to see it acted out in front of my house this morning.

[Mass]

3. May be because it is old news.

This was in the news a couple weeks ago.

[AtomicKitten]

4. actually this was in Sunday's SF Chronicle

as indicated in my link .....