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    Peace talks with the Taliban?

    Could be good or bad - depending...

    Good - US gets out of Afghanistan! (maybe)

    Bad - sheeple return to complacency and opens up troop availability to be used somewhere else, like Iran or Syria.

    -t

    http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/...3231271615096/

    Taliban leader said ready for peace talks

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 18 (UPI) -- Supreme Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar indicated he might be willing to have peace talks with Western politicians, The Sunday Times of London reported.

    In an interview, the newspaper said, two of the Taliban's senior Islamic scholars said they have passed on a message from the Quetta shura, the Taliban's ruling council, that Omar wants "sincere and honest talks" with Western leaders.

    The newspaper also quotes the scholars as saying Omar no longer seeks to rule Afghanistan.

    A senior U.S. military source said the remarks suggested a "breakthrough" was possible. "There is evidence from many intelligence sources the Taliban are ready for some kind of peace process," the source said.

    In an interview in Taliban-controlled territory, two leaders of the group said their military campaign sought the return of Islamic law, expulsion of foreigners and restoration of security.

    "(Omar) is no longer interested in being involved in politics or government," said Mullah Abdul Rashid, the elder of the two commanders, who used a pseudonym to protect his identity.

    "All the mujahedin seek is to expel the foreigners, these invaders, from our country and then to repair the country's constitution. We are not interested in running the country as long as these things are achieved."

    He said the Taliban had become too entwined in politics and lacked the ability to govern the country.

    The interview came as an American source said U.S. officials were discussing whether President Barack Obama could permit talks with the Taliban.



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    Lol. We've been "at peace" with the Taliban for ages, or at least various parts of it. Afghanistan is for opium and a convenient base into Pakistan and China.
    "Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces."-Étienne de La Boétie

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    I never really considered China. Was looking more at their border with Iran.

    -t

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    good?

    we are still allowed to like peace, right...

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    Iran+Afghanistan or Pakistan+Aksai Chin (disputed border region with India) are China's shortcut trade route to the Middle East and Africa. The West want to ensure neither Russia nor China can monopolize this route.


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    ron paul needs to go. we know this wont happen, but i bet he would nail it down in 10 minutes.

    wait hes been having peace talk with our own gov for ages.....duh!

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