Nice to hear a story like this...finally.

[Wagner]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/...fghan_violence

[carlgo]

The Taliban are monsters and deserve only to be killed wherever they are.

I would have preferred to see our border wall built between Afghanistan and Pakistan, rather than between us and Mexico.

[Eric5273]

Originally Posted by carlgo

I would have preferred to see our border wall built between Afghanistan and Pakistan, rather than between us and Mexico.

Not sure I understand the logic in that. The attacks have been in Afghanistan, not in Pakistan.

[Meiac09]

You hear that Osama's 29th kid who looks about 12 wants to destroy Denmark?

[carlgo]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

Not sure I understand the logic in that. The attacks have been in Afghanistan, not in Pakistan.

It seems that much of the Taliban support comes from those Pakistan border areas dominated by conservative Muslim tribes. They don't seem to get along that well as nations, either. Good fences make good neighbors.

Actually, I wasn't being totally serious. It would be like building the Great Wall of China, a huge and absurdly expensive undertaking. The Great Wall of America is easy by comparison.

[Eric5273]

Originally Posted by carlgo

It seems that much of the Taliban support comes from those Pakistan border areas dominated by conservative Muslim tribes.

Last I checked, those tribes do not have any Weapons factories there. Their "support" is obviously comming from somewhere else.

[carlgo]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

Last I checked, those tribes do not have any Weapons factories there. Their "support" is obviously comming from somewhere else.

Who needs factories when you can just buy weapons. There is no shortage of them. An area that has no weapons factories may in fact be better able to support furtive causes because there is nothing to bomb there.

There seems to be a consensus that the Taliban do indeed use these border areas to rest and regroup. They supposedly get some stuff from Iran as well.

[Meiac09]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

Last I checked, those tribes do not have any Weapons factories there. Their "support" is obviously comming from somewhere else.

Probably China, who essentially owns our country.

[carlgo]

Always suspect the most obvious probability first and the least likely last.

[LeMansX5]

The politics in that region is lot more complex to easily understand from this far.