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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:45 AM Original message |
Who are "the Taliban"? Former US allies. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. They were mentioned in some song by Harry Belefonte... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Come mister tally man tally me bananas |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. lol |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. one of the great misquotes in pop history... like "'scuse me while i kiss this guy" |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. I thought it was "scuse me while I kiss this fly" n/t |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Most of these guys are war veterans. They defeated the Red Army. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. When will they (the US hierarchy) ever learn, when will they ever learn? |
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jacko_be (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. They will win |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Looks like |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They never learn |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. No lesson learned so far |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. And likely future allies. |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Which is why diplomacy is going to be tried with them. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. The history of the Middle East |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. Benazir Bhutto instigated the formation of the Taliban? |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Of course. The Bhutto family is an instrumental tie in the formal side of the network. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. More alliances that are part of the Middle East. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. US person or US cut-out. It's a clusterfuck of smoke and mirrors. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. There is no way to know all the players, and who is who in the game. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. couldn't agree more with your assesment. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Even more tragic is mindsets like the neocons that got us into this will continue almost unabated. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. can you spell it out? the alliances seem rather opaque. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I can only elaborate on what others have spelled out. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. thanks, interesting. i've avoided looking into the details of this stuff because |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. unreccers strike again! no spin but the official spin allowed! |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. keep up the good fight - it is needed. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. more stories about the eeeevil taliban tonight, i see.... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. Don't forget Rashid Dostum. Here is the swimming pool Bush built for him with reconstruction money |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I'm reading Jawbreaker (from Gary Berntsen). You'd think Dostum was some great military leader. |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Dostum was one of the more charismatic, believable types. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Thanks. I've been on binge of books and documentaries on this again lately |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Anytime you run out of books ask me and I might be able to provide more. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Most of my books are still in boxes from a recent move but... |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You must read Richard Labevieres "Dollars for Terror" ... It's one of my favorites on the subject. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. And in the beginning: |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. On the Iraq point of view is this.... |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Go Tariq Ali ! |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I still need to add that to my library |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
31. Shhh |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
32. So Bin Laden is a good guy in your book as well? allies change especially when they try to kill you |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Who said any of these are "good guys"? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. argh! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. kik |
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