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The Taliban will never leave Afghanistan because its their country and they're supported by the majority of Pashtuns, so it will be almost impossible to defeat them or get rid of them.
The Taliban get even stronger when the NATO/US send more soldiers.
The Taliban will never leave Afghanistan because its their country and they're supported by the majority of Pashtuns, so it will be almost impossible to defeat them or get rid of them.
The Taliban get even stronger when the NATO/US send more soldiers.
Nice dodge of the question.
Back to the subject:
If the Taliban announced they'd leave Afghanistan in 2011, wouldn't we regard that as victory for our side?
If the Taliban were decimated tomorrow, our mission in Afghanistan would not be finished. Our goal is to eradicate Al Qaeda, which has found a safe haven through the Taliban. Our goal is to push through the Taliban to get to the real enemy of the U.S.
If the Taliban announced they'd leave Afghanistan in 2011, wouldn't we regard that as victory for our side?
The Taliban are not a foreign power, they're Afghani. Why would they leave? The only way to claim "victory" over the Taliban is to defeat them and in order to defeat them you MUST drive the non-Taliban Afghani against them. So long as the Peshtun (sp?) support the Taliban there will be no victory in the traditional sense. We can only hope for a "successful conclusion".
Oooops, sorry. Repeated some thngs.
Last edited by theolsarge; 12-03-2009 at 02:37 PM..
Reason: Already mentioned.
If the Taliban were decimated tomorrow, our mission in Afghanistan would not be finished. Our goal is to eradicate Al Qaeda, which has found a safe haven through the Taliban. Our goal is to push through the Taliban to get to the real enemy of the U.S.
Al Qaeda screwed the Taliban over and brought misery to the Afghans. That's why Al-Qaeda is really weak today because no one supports them as for the Taliban they're almost impossible to defeat.
Al-Qaeda and Taliban are two different groups, you people have to understand that.
So far nobody wants to address the real question. Pretty telling, isn't it? Even leftists are embarrassed over our announcement of when we will be leaving, and can't bear to even discuss it.
Back to the subject:
If the Taliban announced they'd leave Afghanistan in 2011, wouldn't we regard that as victory for our side?
Al Qaeda screwed the Taliban over and brought misery to the Afghans. That's why Al-Qaeda is really weak today because no one supports them as for the Taliban they're almost impossible to defeat.
"Really weak"? You bin watch'n the news the past month or 6? You got some catch'n up to do.
If the Taliban announced they'd leave Afghanistan in 2011, wouldn't we regard that as victory for our side?
Completely loaded question since well they are Afghani.....
Fact of the matter is this battle can not be open ended. We can't just stay there forever. The Afghanistan government needs to realize that they can't use the U.S as a crutch forever, and need to take control for themselves, which is something that was never going to happen as long as they knew they could count on open ended support.
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