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On Wed, 18 May 2011 11:47:11 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 18 May 2011 06:33:22 -0400, Harryk
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On Tue, 17 May 2011 19:55:16 -0700, wrote:

On Tue, 17 May 2011 21:16:54 -0400, wrote:

And why are we fighting the Taliban?
It certainly is not because they supported OBL 10 years ago. We killed
or captured everyone who knew OBL, everyone who knew someone who knew
him and everyone who knew them. Now we are down to killing people who
were not even old enough in 2001 to know about 9-11
We are fighting the Taliban because we don't muslims and the way they
want to live their religion. That is racist.

The Taliban want to "live their religion" by forcing it down the throats
of others who want to live otherwise. There are similarities in that to
certain religious groups in this country.

Religious fundamentalism is almost always evil.

I am still not sure it is the job of the US to fight another country's
choice in religion, particularly when they don't really want us there
doing it.
Afghanistan is just another case of the US sanctioning a rigged
election to get a US friendly corrupt dictator in there who turns out
not to be that US friendly. The day we stop paying him, he will be
Taliban. He even said so.

It is our job to ensure the safety of the US. You seem to have no
problem letting the Taliban back in power, which would be an
invitation to OBL look-alikes to return. Feel free to argue the point
with Gates, who seems to be in a deficit compared to your knowledge
and experience.