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^  One of my good friends is a higher up in Afghanistan and has been there for a while- he said that they know that there's no real hope of ever defeating anyone there, it's basically been reduced to a Vietnam-like strategy of trying to figure out how to get out without being too embarassed.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend has always been a pretty bad idea, considering some of the assholes who we've hung around with in the past (Happy Birthday Ayatollah!  ). |
Yeah, I know that the USA may have even ended up with Bin Laden as a result of trying to help Mujahideen with the Russians, and so I hear what you're saying. They're determined ( even if Obama is elected ) to "get" Bin Laden though ( even though his movement will carry on without him now ) and I had heard that the Taliban might help do that, if some of these deals go through. That would allow the USA to save face and leave, as you were saying.
Now I hear Pakistan is going broke, too, and I wonder when they'll start playing the North Korea game of "give me money or I will make threatening moves with my nukes, or consider selling them to bidders" etc.
How did you get to know this contact of yours ? He must have some interesting tales to tell. Maybe you can get him to subscribe to this thread and keep us updated.
