U.N. Applauds Obama's Efforts to reach out to Moderate "Taliban"

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U.N. Applauds Obama's Efforts to reach out to Moderate "Taliban"
OP - March 24, 2009, 07:03 AM

Moderate Taliban is an oxymoron. Its like the moderate Chechen President who managed to temporarily mollify the restive province by endorsing honor killings & forced veilings. Knowing the Talibans' beliefs, their ideas of "moderate" are likely to be more extremist, not less. Maybe, just maybe they'll refrain from attacking U.S. Troops but they're likely to have medieval attitudes towards criminals, women & dissenters to name but a few. The potential threat these "moderates" pose to those who disagree with them far overshadow any potential benefit of sucking up to them & earning their goodwill.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYO0kXhIuplk

The U.N. should rename itself, "United Islamist Ass- lickers Association."

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Re: U.N. Applauds Obama's Efforts to reach out to Moderate "Taliban"
Reply #1 - March 24, 2009, 08:00 AM

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The UN?s principal policy-making panel voted 15 to 0 today to adopt a resolution that ?welcomes the efforts of the Afghan government to promote dialogue with those elements in opposition to the government who are ready to renounce violence, denounce terrorism and accept the Afghan constitution.?

Nothing wrong with that, but I think those elements may be fairly thin on the ground.

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Reply #2 - March 25, 2009, 07:44 PM

Quote from: Rashna on March 24, 2009, 07:03 AM
Moderate Taliban is an oxymoron. Its like the moderate Chechen President who managed to temporarily mollify the restive province by endorsing honor killings & forced veilings. Knowing the Talibans' beliefs, their ideas of "moderate" are likely to be more extremist, not less. Maybe, just maybe they'll refrain from attacking U.S. Troops but they're likely to have medieval attitudes towards criminals, women & dissenters to name but a few. The potential threat these "moderates" pose to those who disagree with them far overshadow any potential benefit of sucking up to them & earning their goodwill.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYO0kXhIuplk

The U.N. should rename itself, "United Islamist Ass- lickers Association."

This is how foreign policy works. It's not based on principle, it's based on perceived self-interest, usually with less consideration given to what the results will be 30 years down the road, than to what will happen within the next 10. US foreign policy is the whole reason the Taliban got into power in the first place, so this should not come as a surprise.

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