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Title: British commander says war in Afghanistan cannot be won
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Yahoo News
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081005 ... nm/us_afghan_taliban_britain_5
Published: Oct 5, 2008
Author: Reuters Wire
Post Date: 2008-10-05 19:25:27 by wbales
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported. It quoted Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith as saying in an interview that if the Taliban were willing to talk, then that might be "precisely the sort of progress" needed to end the insurgency. "We're not going to win this war. It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that's not a strategic threat and can be managed by the Afghan army," he said. .....
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#1. To: All, *Ron Paul for President 2008* (#0)
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Will someone please tell Obama and McCain what the British Commander is saying?? Or perhaps, maybe, Obama and McCain will see the in-depth interview Fox will air with Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith (ACK, ACK, GAG).
AIPAC/PNAC/ADL/NAACP/FEDERAL RESERVE/SPLC/JINSA/ACLU/CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS/AEI/FEDERAL MEDIA & HOLLYWOOD: Oh, those Islamofascists.
duh. we have NO business there in the first place, but of course we know it's because of the pipeline, not to manage/control the Taliban. anyone who buys that is truly naive.
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Or maybe it's about making sure the poppy fields remain cultivated and free trade in heroin is preserved. The Taliban had eradicated the crops. I don't think a working pipeline exists to this day.
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yes, that too.
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I don't think a working pipeline exists to this day. The poppies are even more profitable than are the oil lines.
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#2. To: wbales (#0)
#3. To: christine (#2)
#4. To: Sam Houston (#3)
Or maybe it's about making sure the poppy fields remain cultivated and free trade in heroin is preserved
#5. To: Sam Houston. all (#3)
Or maybe it's about making sure the poppy fields remain cultivated and free trade in heroin is preserved. The Taliban had eradicated the crops.
#6. To: wbales, *libertarians* (#0)
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