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US considering talks with Taliban: report
Posted by
sheba of seven veils (aka sheba)
Oct 28 '08, 07:20
But they are going to "exclude" the top leadership? Isn't this sort of like negotiating a marketing deal with middle management at Wal-Mart?
linky
(news.yahoo.com)
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It's about trying to draw individual commanders away from the Taliban rather than brokering a deal with the leadership.
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Roger More
Oct 28, 07:29
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I can see what they think they are doing. It just seems to me to show the same lack of understanding that everything else we've done shows.
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sheba of seven veils
Oct 28, 07:37
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It sounds similar to the tactics adopted behind the Sunni awakening.
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Roger Morbid
Oct 28, 07:44
Well Mullah Omar can't be found........
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Will Hunting
Oct 28, 07:27
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Didn't we just blow up his house the other day? -- nm
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emoticripple
Oct 28, 07:28
"citing unnamed officials".. this article is so incredibly vague...
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colin
Oct 28, 07:23
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Pretty much like most information that comes out of Afghanistan. -- nm
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sheba of seven veils
Oct 28, 07:24
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true. i just don't think much of articles that cite vague sources.. -- nm
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colin
Oct 28, 07:26
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