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Talks with Taliban moderates 'worth exploring' - Joe Biden
Herald Sun ^ | 11 March 2009

Posted on 03/10/2009 10:17:53 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

TALKING with Taliban moderates in Afghanistan is a tactic "worth exploring", US Vice President Joe Biden says.

"It's worth exploring. The idea of what concessions would be made is well beyond the scope of my being able to answer,'' said Mr Biden at NATO headquarters in Brussels today.

"I do think it's worth engaging and determining whether or not there are those who are willing to participate in a secure and stable Afghan state,'' he said.

Mr Biden said that while the US-led forces were not winning the war in Afghanistan, neither was the conflict lost.

"We are not now winning the war but the war is far from lost,'' he said.

Earlier he warned that Afghanistan posed a terrorist threat to all NATO countries as he sought help for a new strategy to confront the Taliban insurgency.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: joebiden; taliban; talks; terrorists
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To: goldstategop
We have a President and Vice President short a few brain cells. There are NO moderate Islamists!

Please. O'Biden has his orders and is faithfully fulfilling his duty to the nation,
of Islam. Give the guy a break. Islam, fliswam, wigwam. It's all the same in Obi-world.

21 posted on 03/10/2009 11:00:53 PM PDT by MaxMax (RINO=RAT!)
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To: Aussie Dasher
It's just Bipartisanship.

The Democrats think of us the same way they think of the Taliban. In fact, they think Rush Limbaugh deserves less respect than Mullah Omar.

I wish I was kidding, but I'm not.

22 posted on 03/10/2009 11:04:25 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Since Obama Bin Lyin, the Economy Bin Dyin...)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Yes, let’s do send Hillary for a round of diplomatic talks with the Taliban... shall we? They will have her stoned for just showing up in a pants suit.


23 posted on 03/10/2009 11:21:43 PM PDT by BigFinn (islam= a caustic blend of paganism and twisted Bible stories resulting in death and mayhem.)
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To: BigFinn

Not the first Clinton to be stoned...


24 posted on 03/10/2009 11:30:38 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: advance_copy
Man, oh man, we have some of the dumbest people in America running the country now.

The only people dumber than the ones running the country are those that voted them in.

25 posted on 03/10/2009 11:45:00 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: Aussie Dasher; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; Grampa Dave; potlatch; devolve; MeekOneGOP; ...

26 posted on 03/10/2009 11:52:24 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: NRA2BFree

Only if Nancy and Harry go with them...ah, and Hilly...


27 posted on 03/11/2009 12:23:27 AM PDT by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85 -Happy B'day Daddy 2/20/23)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Another piece of governance above their pay grade.

His "paltry" Senate salary of $169,000+ excused the O man from answering when a baby gets human life.

When his "pay grade" increased by another $230,000+, that gave him the authority to let the crap fly.

No abortion restrictions including partial birth abortions, and, as we all know, innocent little baby survivors must be left to die.

Apparently Biden was impressed by the "above my pay grade" cop out.

28 posted on 03/11/2009 12:26:31 AM PDT by IIntense
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To: Aussie Dasher

haha....omg, it’s worse than I thought. I thought they were just campaigning to morons and truely didn’t believe that *hit.

I was wrong.


29 posted on 03/11/2009 12:33:13 AM PDT by Rick_Michael (Have no fear "President Government" is here)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Joe Biden is a drunk

So how’s things in Australia?
So sad were the fires, My condolences.


30 posted on 03/11/2009 3:58:11 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Joe Boucher

Thanks. Its been dreadful. Worst in our history.


31 posted on 03/11/2009 4:07:31 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: SoldierDad

As I heard on Howey Carr - A moderate Taliban will only cut your head off half way! Dear Leader is a Moe


33 posted on 03/11/2009 4:40:45 AM PDT by timetostand
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To: Aussie Dasher

It seems these wildfires strike Australia every year.
Dry grass fires whipped by the wind can be ruinous.

About 10 years ago we had a really dry strech then one of these grass fires took 125 homes one night.


34 posted on 03/11/2009 4:52:11 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: timetostand

That would explain the concept of “moderate Taliban” alright.


35 posted on 03/11/2009 7:49:28 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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To: PhilDragoo; devolve; ntnychik; MeekOneGOP; dixiechick2000
Ironically shaped?


36 posted on 03/11/2009 2:41:00 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: potlatch

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No image -


37 posted on 03/11/2009 4:24:02 PM PDT by devolve (-- When Hussein II goes to the john - It is a "summit" --)
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To: devolve

Yeah, I did something I rarely do, I used a url off the web of the two Ten Commandments tablets since they resembled the shape of what I posted to.


38 posted on 03/11/2009 5:07:50 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: PhilDragoo

:)


39 posted on 03/13/2009 1:41:01 AM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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