Another Republican idea for Afghanistan - negotiating with the Talliban fighters! Do you agree?

Question

"Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), accompanying Frist, [in Afghanistan]said that negotiating with the Taliban was not "out of the question," ..."A political solution is how it's all going to be solved," he said.

Was this war all for nothing?

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan3oct03,1,2934541.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Answer 1

i'm thinking this is why nato is in charge now. the U.S. can now say, "it's not OUR war" (anymore)....

give people a while and the brain forgets things....

Answer 2

Have you personally ever tried to negotiate with a well put together, seemingly rational but completely insane man to appease his outbursts and calm him down?

I have, (No really) and it is neither fun or productive after all the words are spoken and all of the attempts are made. Someone always gets hurt usually the one that believes that you canno't cast away or shut out a living breathing human being that has their rational or perspective even just a bit askew... The only way to disarm a nut job is a shot of something strong right in the as*s muscle! Something like a war and a missle or two in this case.

The Taliban should not now, or ever be taken into the psyche as an entity that can ever, be reasoned with.

It may be an awful thing to say (but boo-hoo hoo.) They need to be dismantled from the inside out like Louis farrakhan himself said "By any means necessary." If that is their way, then it must to some rational extent also become ours. You cannot extinguish fire with a bunch of hot air... It simply does not work to "Talk, or discuss." with people like this.

They ( first ) felt the animosity about YOU and YOUR family not just our govenrment, and will walk over your children, your wives and husbands to get what they want with no heart and no sympathy.

Maybe India is used to turmoil, confusion and cat fights in their political assembly. We do not operate that way. Let India trust them and believe in them and they will become a brainwashed American/Isreali hating super machine. Indian people and their government are like lemmings led by foxes into the mouth of a waiting wolf.

Some parts of the human condition as a whole, need to be eradicated and someone needs to have the full faculty presence of mind to be like the guy in the movie "the professional." Cleaning the world one bit of scum at a time. ( Isreal of course being Natalie Portmans character.)

We must protect them at any cost. Why, is unimportant and will be seen in time, even to those who do not understand, believe or support it.

Answer 3

Many of the hard-core, suicidal types are DEAD. Perhaps the meekest of the Taliban, seeing the error of their ways, are becoming more moderate and reaching out to the US. You never know. Somebody ratted out Al Zawquari, so morale isn't great anymore.

I doubt we trust them very much, but if there's a chance for peace we need to pursue it. Note: I am typically a hawk.

The war in Afghanistan was necessary. It showed the world the high privce of attacking the United States. Pakistan is a good example of a country that played ball to avoid carpet bombing. Libya is also a good example.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Thats the governement of the republicans for you, why not negociate our way out of Iraq, Iraq didnt attack us, the Taliban's support of Bin Ladden demonstrating that they are the enemy, and in war the best policy is to win the battel and let the hearts and minds fall where they may.

Answer 6

Taliban is a trademark of CIA. Everyone who can read already knows this. Was this war all for nothing? No, the war served some major pockets & Israel benefited the most.

Answer 7

No.
There is a Spanish term I recall from my Texas history lessons:
DEGÜELLO.
It means complete destruction of the enemy without mercy.

Personally, I think that the Bush Administration blew it when it decided to invade Iraq...truly one of the stupidest blunders in the past 50 years.

Their focus should have been on bin laden and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
We allowed our so-called leader to screw the pooch and go high-tailing off to Iraq without finishing the job in Afghanistan.

There is no way in heaven or hell that civilized people can bargain, reason, compromise or rationalize with the Taliban.
Their ideology is so narrowly focused on TOTAL submission to their beliefs and TOTAL destruction to ALL opposing people and culture.
There is ONLY one way to deal with them: TOTAL elimination.
And it will come down to us or them.

Answer 8

The Taliban wouldn't play ball with Unocal. If they've learned their lesson, then Bushco will gladly let them take Afghanistan back to the 7th century as long as they play ball with the energy cartel.

Answer 9

How do you negotiate with barbarians? If the US Government negotiates with them they will see that as a sign of weakness and just attack again when they want something else. Negotiation will not remove their need to kill or maim anyone who does not convert to Islam, which is their agenda. They make no secret of that.

Answer 10

I don't think negotiation with fundamentalist islamo-fascists is something we should consider. Culturally negotiation is a sign of weakness for these jokers. The only thing they understand and appreciate it the warrior.

Best bet, kill them before they kill, enslave or convert you.

Answer 11

hi guys .I am from AFGHANISTAN
i think what they want to achieve is to bring taliban from the war platform into some negociating thing so they can be identified and dealt with ,Govrtment is very clever they know these things i dont like taliban neither do any other afghan