Thursday, November 26, 2009

Iraq and Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Propaganda War: The Taliban's Public Relations Machine

Posted November 12, 2008

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"Invite them over and then shoot them on the spot."

Shame on you! this is your civilization, valuesand democracy?

There is no win in the War on Terror. This is a war of ideals and there will always be someone who beleives someone else's ideals are corrupt and they need to get rid of them somehow. You cant kill all the terrorists, and even if you could killing them would likely only create more terrorists from families and friends of those killed who want revenge. Then we kill them and Their friends and family become terrorists. Its a never ending cycle. This war, if kill all the terrorists is the goal, will go on forever.

And Petraeus wants to "talk" with these guys. Fine. Invite them over and then shoot them on the spot. There is no "win" in the war on terror if the Taliban are accomodated. And the world is going to be a burnt-up place if you let these nutcases steal some nukes in Pakistan.

This ought to be the biggest "women's issue" in the world. Total defeat of the Taliban by order of ladies everywhere.

Not to worry about Obama, though. He has known for years that Afghanistan is the real front.

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