Posted on 10/16/2001 5:59:17 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings
But,I would like to add a couple of things,if you don`t mind.
First of all,what makes this war different is that all the relevant powers(USA,Russia,China,UK,France...) are united against Taliban and Bin laden!They don`t fight their wars by proxy!Meaning ,that Taliban will be ,very soon,without military hardware,amunition,fuel...This time,Afgani "freedom fighters" will not have Zbignew Brezinski to poure a bilion $$ in Chinese,Korean,and Bulgarian weapons and Stingers to fight Russia!
And,more importantly,Russians, after making lots of mistakes in the begining,found a very efective way to fight Mujahedins,and inflicted a serious losses on their forces!
War against Taliban is winnable,and Osama`s days are,probably,numbered!But,then,what???Apease Pakistan and leave Taliban in power???Continue US presence in Saudi Arabia(more bombs and terrorism)???Today I`ve heard Tony Blair saying that West will bomb Afganistan for two years???Why?Roots of WTC tragedy are not in Kabul but somewhere else!
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