World underestimated resurgent Taliban, NATO says (Iraq war partial blame)

sabra

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Thu Jun-29-06 12:24 PM
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World underestimated resurgent Taliban, NATO says (Iraq war partial blame)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29862680.htm

World underestimated resurgent Taliban, NATO says

More KABUL, June 29 (Reuters) - The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said on Thursday the international community had underestimated a resurgent Taliban, partly because the war in Iraq diverted attention and resources.

Violence in Afghanistan is at its worst since 2001, but the NATO commander, Lieutenant General David Richards, said he was optimistic the insurgency could be dealt with.

"There's no doubt there is a resurgent Taliban problem," Richards told the BBC in an interview.

"Why? Largely it's because people took their eye off this ball and a vacuum was allowed to develop, and that vacuum was filled by the Taliban," the British general said.

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Nickster

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Thu Jun-29-06 12:27 PM
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1. Gosh, I'm shocked. So when you don't completely destroy your enemy

and then you go invading the rest of the world, that enemy might actually take advantage of your lack of focus? GASP!

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uppityperson

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Thu Jun-29-06 01:08 PM
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2. Obviousman strikes again. Glad for the publicity though

I wish that someone in the administration could see reality, or rather the same reality the rest of the world sees. Good to get more publicity on this. Thanks

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Ghost Dog

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Thu Jun-29-06 05:34 PM
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4. "That's not the way the world really works anymore.

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality�judiciously, as you will�we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

Source: see wikipedia

Cap'n Obvious :hi:

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Supersedeas

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Thu Jun-29-06 01:53 PM
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3. but but but the world is so much safer with the occupation of Iraq

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EFerrari

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Thu Jun-29-06 06:30 PM
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5. Oh, bull. The world didn't underestimate the Taliban.

Edited on Thu Jun-29-06 06:31 PM by sfexpat2000

But those dumbass Wall Street traders apparently did.

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bemildred

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Thu Jun-29-06 10:50 PM
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6. "International community" my ass.

How about "cretinous fuckwits in the Pentagon and their drooling NATO stooges underestimated resurgent Taliban"?

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LynnTheDem

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Thu Jun-29-06 11:01 PM
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7. Gee...who the fuck coulda known...

Aside from 1/2 of America and most the rest of the entire world. that is.

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IndianaGreen

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Thu Jun-29-06 11:13 PM
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8. Spit it out, General! It was Bush who took the eye off the ball

because he wanted to outdo his dad by conquering Baghdad.

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gratuitous

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Thu Jun-29-06 11:44 PM
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9. News to me

I didn't realize the international community authorized the invasion of Iraq before Afghanistan was quite in order. As I recall, General Richards, it was George W. Bush and Tony Blair who "took their eye off the ball." Now we're in a big fucking mess that a lot of people saw coming. What should the responsible parties do to atone for their grievous error?

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