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June 25, 2008
The smug appropriation of righteousness
A Calgary Herald editorial points out that despite their defeat in detail - and the popularity of NATO troops - a Taliban remnant has survived. How to account for its persistence?
One might say the same of Canada's human rights/anti-smoking/global warming racket.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 25, 2008 06:53 AM
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http://www.thestar.com/article/450998
Rosie DiManno interviewed Afghanistan's top spy. He gives a couple of reasons for the persistence of the Taliban. The local Afghan militia were disbanded before a national army was in place. Plus Afghan and NATO forces did not pursue the retreating Taliban into North Vietnam, I mean across the border into their hideouts in the tribal badlands of Pakistan.
Posted by: Canadian Headhunter
at June 28, 2008 04:12 PM
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