http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/31/all-it-takes-is-one-why/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:04:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/31/all-it-takes-is-one-why/comment-page-1/#comment-385251 ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Iran: Nuclear Hedging or Acquisition? Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:25:25 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/31/all-it-takes-is-one-why/#comment-385251 [...] the spirit of my last post, I’d like to pose a very simple question to readers: Is Iran attempting to acually acquire [...] [...] the spirit of my last post, I’d like to pose a very simple question to readers: Is Iran attempting to acually acquire [...]

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/31/all-it-takes-is-one-why/comment-page-1/#comment-385250 Chirol Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:54:24 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/31/all-it-takes-is-one-why/#comment-385250 They wouldn't be a partner in any sense. The US would merely leave Afghan affairs to Afghans and not object to Taliban rule under the strict condition they have nothing to do with international terror. Were they to host training camps or any kind of ties with terror, we would attack. They wouldn’t be a partner in any sense. The US would merely leave Afghan affairs to Afghans and not object to Taliban rule under the strict condition they have nothing to do with international terror. Were they to host training camps or any kind of ties with terror, we would attack.

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/31/all-it-takes-is-one-why/comment-page-1/#comment-385248 Ralph Hitchens Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:45:02 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/31/all-it-takes-is-one-why/#comment-385248 Mullah Omar and the Taliban not only hosted Bin Ladin and al-Qaeda, they imposed a strict Wahhabist form of Islam on a state where previously Islam and the secular world of daily life coexisted fairly well. Women had at least a small piece of the action; they could be educated and had some property rights. The Taliban -- nurtured with Saudi money in refugee camp madrasses in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier provinces during the Soviet war -- was (and still is, of course) hostile to the traditional Afghan culture and can hardly be seen as a suitable partner for us in our "peacekeeping" role. But kudos to Grandmasta for thinking outside the box! Mullah Omar and the Taliban not only hosted Bin Ladin and al-Qaeda, they imposed a strict Wahhabist form of Islam on a state where previously Islam and the secular world of daily life coexisted fairly well. Women had at least a small piece of the action; they could be educated and had some property rights. The Taliban — nurtured with Saudi money in refugee camp madrasses in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier provinces during the Soviet war — was (and still is, of course) hostile to the traditional Afghan culture and can hardly be seen as a suitable partner for us in our “peacekeeping” role. But kudos to Grandmasta for thinking outside the box!

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