On 12/8/2010 11:22 PM harry spake thus:

On Dec 8, 8:49 pm, "DGDevin" wrote:

"harry" wrote in message

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What made Bush think he could do any better than the might of the
USSR situated right next door?

Well, actually he did. The Taliban was destroyed and/or fled, and
didn't really bounce back for four or five years. Unfortunately
the U.S. and its allied had put Afghanistan so far on the back
burner that those precious years were lost and the Taliban stepped
back into almost a power vacuum, stronger than ever. It's kind of
like home repair, you have to finish the job or there is little
point in even starting.

Now I got the impresion that the CIA was helping the Taliban just
because they were fighting the USSR.

Of course they were; that's not even controversial at this point.
Zbigniew Brzezinski has said as much, so we can take it as true.


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To me, the *plonk...* reminds me of the old man at the public hearing
who stands to make his point, then removes his hearing aid as a sign
that he is not going to hear any rebuttals.