[willyboyishere]

"we are bound to find some "good" Islamic militants..."
It looks like that has already taken place in Afghanistan, where I hear what sounds like the first troubling news thus far as the anti-Taliban effort unfolds: that there have been sizable "defections" from the Taliban side to the side of the Northern Alliance, and that these defections have apparently been accepted, rather than the obvious option of killing the "enemy". Of course the killing could come later, or the N.A. could be opportunistically using them for their intelligence and/or just to have more temporary manpower. Too many "ex"-Taliban remaining behind, and wanting to point to the "help" they gave us and the N.A. could result in re-establishing themselves in positions of power,(this time euphemistically called "sharing" power) which would put us back close to Square One.

[Darkshadow]

It looks like that has already taken place in Afghanistan, where I hear what sounds like the first troubling news thus far as the anti-Taliban effort unfolds: that there have been sizable "defections" from the Taliban side to the side of the Northern Alliance, and that these defections have apparently been accepted, rather than the obvious option of killing the "enemy".

Are these "defectors" by any chance the people forcibly drafted by the Taliban last week?