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August 14, 2004
Taliban falling? What year is this?
Back to the Future for a second...today we learn that "The Taliban seems to be falling apart" in Afghanistan. But wait...I thought we defeated the Taliban almost three years ago? Wasn't that the Administration's claim? That they had defeated the evil Taliban after 9/11? Now it appears that they are just beginning to fully crack, having retained loyalty and control over large sections of the nation all this time...
And yet even the story today makes clear that when it comes to to deepening fissures between Taliban figures and the public, and what that means for the unfolding resistance to U.S. domination of the country:
According to Major Scott Nelson...
"That fissure is widening -- we see that. Specifically what that means we're still looking into it," he said.
Glad we cleared that up
Posted by timwise at August 14, 2004 07:35 AM