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Skriven 2008-01-21 03:38:56 av Dan Ceppa (1:138/666.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Bob Klahn
Ärende: Democracy:  My Way or Els
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-> On 20 Jan 08  10:15:00, Bob Klahn got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Democracy:  My Way or Els

 BK>> protecting Bin Laden. They could have done the whole job, if
 BK>> they had stayed focused on Afghanistan.
 
 DC> Not likely.  Take a look at what happened to the Soviet
 DC> Union's attempt to change gvts in Afghanistan.

 BK> They needed to change the regime, and they did that part right,
 BK> working with the locals. Then they needed to focus on killing
 BK> Bin Laden and Omar, and that is where they dropped the ball.

Have you checked out the resumes of the locals that the US 
supported for that regime change?  They don't rank very high 
with the majority of Afghans.  

 BK>> As it is, I suspect the Taliban is more of a problem in Pakistan
 BK>> than Al Qaeda is. Just my suspicion.
 
 DC> The Taliban supports bin Laden because it feels that his
 DC> fatwah is justified.

 BK> Or maybe just because he supports them.

The problem is that Afghanistan is a theocracy.  Bin Laden 
plays quite well with their world views of protecting Islam.  

 BK> I don't believe Bin Laden has the authority to issue a fatwah.

You need to read up on him and Islam.  Foreign boots on Islamic 
soil is more than sufficient for any moslem to institute a 
defensive jhihad.  It is why there are so many non-local insurgents 
involved in Afghanistan and Iraq.  

The US hasn't a clue as to what it got itself into.  

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