RayFinkle Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 The collapse of the right wing continues. Is Frist fuggin kidding me? LINK QALAT, Afghanistan -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and urged support for efforts to bring "people who call themselves Taliban" and their allies into the government. The Tennessee Republican said he learned from briefings that Taliban fighters were too numerous and had too much popular support to be defeated on the battlefield. "You need to bring them into a more transparent type of government," Frist said during a brief visit to a U.S. and Romanian military base in the southern Taliban stronghold of Qalat. "And if that's accomplished, we'll be successful." Afghanistan is suffering its heaviest insurgent attacks since a U.S.-led military force toppled the Taliban in late 2001 for harboring al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. According to an Associated Press count, based on reports from U.S., NATO and Afghan officials, at least 2,800 people have been killed nationwide so far this year. The count, which includes militants and civilians, is about 1,300 more than the toll for all of 2005. The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, told Pentagon reporters last month that while the Taliban enemy in Afghanistan is not extremely strong, their numbers and influence have grown in some southern sections of the country. President Bush has been criticized for his handling of the war and is trying to contain the damage ahead of midterm elections this fall. On Friday, Bush acknowledged setbacks in the training of Afghan police to fight against the Taliban resurgence but predicted eventual victory. Frist said asking the Taliban to join the government was a decision to be made by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Karzai's spokesmen were not immediately able to be reached for comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 The collapse of the right wing continues. Is Frist fuggin kidding me? LINK 794001[/snapback] Frist at least understands that (or has accidentally tripped over) one of the major flaws - and a big contributor to 9/11 - in Clinton's Southwest Asia policy was failing to recognize the Taleban as a true player in the Afghanistan power struggle. However, Frist clearly has absolutely no understanding of anything about the region: the nature of the tribal society, the role of Pakistan in Afghanistan and the Taleban, the importance of the NWFP and the Kashmir in Afghanistan, local and regional opinions concerning the Durant Line. Even though Frist somehow manages to peg the biggest flaw in the Clinton foreign policy...he's still an incredible !@#$ing moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Out with online poker....IN WITH THE TRANSPARENT TALIBAN!!! Seriously, WTF does he mean by a "more transparent type of government?" The ability of the US to keep tabs on them if the Taliban is integrated with the Afghan government? This whole premise flies in the face of the whole "with us or against us" and "not recognizing terrorist regimes" thing that Bush puffs himself up about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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