"The contradictions in Afghanistan" by H.D.S. Greenway, Globe Columnist | February 2, 2010
And finally the biggest contradiction of all. We are fighting a Taliban that enjoys sanctuary in Pakistan, was supported from the beginning, and few doubt is being supported now, by elements of the Pakistani military, our allies, who want to hedge their bets on who will win. There is financial support from Saudis and Gulf Arabs as well....
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Ummm, you LEFT OUT a BIG WHOPPER (or two):
"The U.S. government was well aware of the Taliban's reactionary program, yet it chose to back their rise to power in the mid-1990s. The creation of the Taliban was "actively encouraged by the ISI and the CIA," according to Selig Harrison, an expert on U.S. relations with Asia. "The United States encouraged Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to support the Taliban, certainly right up to their advance on Kabul," adds respected journalist Ahmed Rashid. When the Taliban took power, State Department spokesperson Glyn Davies said that he saw "nothing objectionable" in the Taliban's plans to impose strict Islamic law, and Senator Hank Brown, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East and South Asia, welcomed the new regime: "The good part of what has happened is that one of the factions at last seems capable of developing a new government in Afghanistan." "The Taliban will probably develop like the Saudis. There will be Aramco [the consortium of oil companies that controlled Saudi oil], pipelines, an emir, no parliament and lots of Sharia law. We can live with that," said another U.S. diplomat in 1997."
Oh, that's a real kick to the lower groans, isn't it, ladies?
The TALIBAN was established under U.S. AUSPICES?
We can "LIVE WITH THAT?"
Well, I SURE CAN as long as the KILLING STOPS!!!
Of course, it's a GOOD THING American missiles have "liberated you" from your ickey-pooh men and children!!
Also see: U.S. Training Terrorists in Nevada
Yeah, WE ARE "Al-CIA-Duh," America!
Related:
Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits
Prop 101: The "Terrorism" Business
"Al-CIA-Duh" School in Somalia
New York Times Admits War on Terror is U.S. Creation
"Al-CIA-Duh," yup!What do you mean there is no Al Qaeda?
What do you mean Al Qaeda doesn't even exist?
How's that grab your socks, ladies and gentlemen?!
