XPost: can.politics, us.politics   
   From: rdr@yahoo.com   
      
   Dave Smith wrote   
   >   
   > The Doctor wrote:   
   >   
   > >>> The Taliban are evil.   We need to be there, one way or another.   
   > >>   
   > >> There is no question that the Taliban are evil, but they only needed to   
   > >> be contained. Given the treacherous nature of corrupt and treacherous   
   > >> nature of Afghan society they are welcome to them. We owe the people of   
   > >> Afghanistan nothing. We have no military alliance with then, not   
   > >> cultural ties and no business links. We would be compassionate and   
   > >> provide some assistance to them, but the seem not to like us and the   
   > >> delivery of aid requires a military for security. It just ain't worth it.   
   > >   
   > > The Taliban needs to be disbanned.   
   >   
   > As long as they are stuck in Afghanistan they are not our problem. We   
   > tried to help, but the Afghans seem not to appreciate out help. they   
   > tolerate the Taliban in their presence and then whine when there are   
   > civilian casualties. If we cannot count on their help an their support   
   > we should just leave them to deal with their own mess.   
      
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