about one thing at least.
Taliban insurgents rejected on Wednesday a U.S. offer of "honorable reconciliation" as a "lunatic idea"
what i want to know is why don't we think so as well. have we become so "all or nothing" that we swing wildly from end to end without any regard for where we truly should stand on each individual issue. Anti-war, fine. Pure Pacifism, sure. I understand people have ideals and they should stick to them. Most would agree that even with deposing (and ultimately executing) a tyrant like Saddam Hussein, the Iraq war was a blunder. But to make nice with the Taliban (which unlike Iraq, is very much linked to Osama Bin Laden and al quaida). If we are going to walk away because that suits our national interests and takes troops out of harms way, let's just say it like that and let's just walk away but let's be true to our ideals.
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Extending a hand to the Taliban is a crazy idea. I'm amazed to see how we spent so much lives and money ousting them only to give them proposals all of a sudden!
US going to bed with the Taliban has deep regional ramifications. We should be cautious when approaching groups like them. We go out of our way to dub states like Iran as enemies while they were the ones who gave us the most help in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Now we are trying to make a deal with the most fundamentalist group ever! Doesn't make sense!
Taliban sucks. We should not deal with them at all.
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