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Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Originally posted by ollncasino
reply to post by daaskapital
What interest do the Taliban have in working with the Americans to keep them in Afghanistan?
Great point. Absolutely zero interest. Karzai has never been the most stable of men and his personal background leaves one really baffled as to how the u.s. picked that toad of a man as the winning horse for Afghan Government Leadership.
I'd predict Karzai is deposed and..not of this Earth...within about 6 months of losing foreign protection and security around his personal space. He's been playing both sides of the fence between the West and the Taliban for quite awhile now (as the US has too...in getting out without looking too bad). The Taliban tolerates our doing it, I think, because it is to leave. I think they just mark the days until they can handle Karzai without us, for what he's done.
Just my general two cents and opinion on the Kabul intrigue.
Originally posted by Wide-Eyes
reply to post by Symbiot
I think the US has crossed the threshold of regaining positive feedback from the Afghans. Same for the rest of NATO, pretty much.edit on 10-3-2013 by Wide-Eyes because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by larapa
reply to post by Symbiot
Follow the money , what is Taliban, who controls Taliban are they linked to Alqaeda? Of course the CIA are involved they have been there from the start who do you think was fighting the russians "the usa will not negotiate with terrorist" lol unless it is in our interests. The pashtuns are just 1 ethnic group that hold the key to this whole mess and to who is allowed power in those regions .... check out the map below (hint those diffrent tribes do not get on). These are not 2 child molesters there is one that has trained/brainwashed a troubed victim ( created the beast)
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Originally posted by Symbiot
reply to post by Bacardi
I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm just saying that the US is employing a disinformation strategy to help facilitate their exodus from the area while increasing the ability of their puppet Afghan government to maintain a level of public trust. They've turned the Taliban in to the US puppet and Hamid Karzai into the anti-US liberator while in actuality the Taliban are anti-US, though not liberators, and Hamid Karzai is the one colluding with the US.edit on 10-3-2013 by Symbiot because: (no reason given)