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35. That's your view. While it added to a growing division, it wasn't a stand alone.
We didn't insist on the extradiction and deliver to them a threat of invasion until 2001 even though we had developed a plan for invasion in 1998 after Unocal withdrew its operational plans.
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  -What favorite Taliban policy do you agree with most? zulchzulu  Jan-31-09 05:51 PM   #0 
  - Other: I like to kill brown people.  Warren Stupidity   Jan-31-09 05:57 PM   #1 
  - Even though I don't like the poll  cali   Jan-31-09 06:51 PM   #15 
  - Ok fine: I like to kill foreigners, preferrably non-christian,  Warren Stupidity   Feb-01-09 07:35 AM   #40 
  - You'll do well with them!!!  cliffordu   Feb-01-09 10:40 AM   #77 
  - Tell me what you like about the Taliban with concise examples  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 08:04 AM   #104 
  - You might be waiting a long, long while for an answer. (nt)  Nicholas D Wolfwood   Feb-02-09 11:13 AM   #113 
  - "Brown people" are the victims. nt  Deep13   Feb-02-09 08:37 AM   #108 
  - All of the above, of course.  Jackpine Radical   Jan-31-09 05:59 PM   #2 
  - I voted for the reading one, since that's the one most similar to Amerrica.  BlooInBloo   Jan-31-09 06:04 PM   #3 
  - This was a toughie  rpannier   Jan-31-09 06:12 PM   #4 
  - Oh here we go again.  Runcible Spoon   Jan-31-09 06:15 PM   #5 
  - Aren't the Taliban basically the particular tribal warlords that the Saudis backed?  Hippo_Tron   Jan-31-09 06:23 PM   #7 
  - yes and no.  Runcible Spoon   Jan-31-09 06:27 PM   #8 
  - Why do you hate women?  Vattel   Jan-31-09 06:46 PM   #12 
  - Exactly. Feminist neoconservatives of the world, unite!  LittleBlue   Jan-31-09 07:35 PM   #20 
  - Funny you mention Sri Lanka...  zulchzulu   Feb-01-09 10:16 PM   #93 
     - well where is your rabid post demanding we invade and bomb the fuck out of those countries?  Runcible Spoon   Feb-02-09 09:13 PM   #123 
        - It's funny how some people read into their own ignorant diatribes  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 09:54 PM   #131 
           - Wow, that's the biggest straw man of the week.  Runcible Spoon   Feb-03-09 10:57 AM   #137 
              - He's been pulling that shit all thread. Rush would be proud.  Forkboy   Feb-03-09 12:57 PM   #140 
  - It was a tough choice, even though I ended up voting "None" because burkas are just damn sexy!  4lbs   Jan-31-09 06:15 PM   #6 
  - What's needed is another Anbar Awakening.  backscatter712   Jan-31-09 06:34 PM   #9 
  - Is there an "Afghan equivalent to these groups?"  Vattel   Jan-31-09 06:42 PM   #11 
  - the problem with that is that the alternative to the Taliban is not much better  Runcible Spoon   Jan-31-09 06:47 PM   #13 
  - If women do not have the right to use all-women public bath  Vattel   Jan-31-09 06:40 PM   #10 
  - and how do you flog someone with a stone?  Vattel   Jan-31-09 06:49 PM   #14 
     - What are penned sheep in their homes like?  Vattel   Jan-31-09 06:54 PM   #16 
        - They are pretty b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-d. n/t  greguganus   Jan-31-09 07:17 PM   #18 
           - Please, this is a serious poll  Vattel   Feb-01-09 07:53 AM   #49 
  - May I point out that women's lot have not improved under Karzai  IndianaGreen   Jan-31-09 06:57 PM   #17 
  - Or under the Northern Alliance or any of the other Puppets we use.  bahrbearian   Feb-01-09 11:37 AM   #81 
  - The question is how  quaker bill   Jan-31-09 07:21 PM   #19 
  - Well said.  H2O Man   Jan-31-09 07:43 PM   #21 
  - The difference is that historically other powers tried to conquer Afghanistan  Hippo_Tron   Feb-01-09 03:41 AM   #25 
  - That prompts two questions:  Donald Ian Rankin   Feb-01-09 08:01 AM   #56 
  - Third way?? Wait a minute, I think you have something there.....  Sebastian Doyle   Feb-01-09 12:26 PM   #84 
  - This poll is kind of unfair.  Danger Mouse   Jan-31-09 07:50 PM   #22 
  - Why don't you poll the 10 favorite Saddam Hussein policies and pick a date to invade?  rug   Jan-31-09 08:03 PM   #23 
  - Saddam treated women far better than our "friends" in Saudi Arabia do  Hippo_Tron   Feb-01-09 03:51 AM   #26 
     - That's right. Maybe zulch will next post the ten reasons we should attack Saudi Arabia.  rug   Feb-01-09 05:52 AM   #28 
  - Forced marriages are awesome.  MrSlayer   Jan-31-09 08:04 PM   #24 
  - I voted all the above since the I love to murder brown people wasn't listed as a choice.  dcindian   Feb-01-09 05:10 AM   #27 
  - Sounds a lot like Saudi Arabia to me  eridani   Feb-01-09 06:32 AM   #29 
  - The Taliban sheltered al-Qaeda and illegally allowed bin Laden  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 06:35 AM   #30 
  - They were our best buddies at one time before they requested  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:13 AM   #32 
  - they were our enemy after they refused to extradite bin laden  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:18 AM   #33 
     - That's your view. While it added to a growing division, it wasn't a stand alone.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:23 AM   #35 
     - We insisted on extradition back in 1998.  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:26 AM   #37 
        - not a formal request for extradition  Warren Stupidity   Feb-01-09 07:40 AM   #42 
           - Pretty obvious? Not at all.  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:44 AM   #45 
     - A lot of countries will not extradite to the usa, they enemies too? n/t  MyNameGoesHere   Feb-01-09 08:11 AM   #58 
        - If they provide a base for al-Qaeda, yes.  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 08:17 AM   #59 
           - The UK has decided not to gp by extradiction threaties by the US.  mmonk   Feb-02-09 07:33 AM   #101 
  - And Germany, and the city of Hamburg, sheltered the 9-11 hijackers  IndianaGreen   Feb-01-09 11:46 AM   #82 
  - Where were you when we supported the Taliban government?  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:03 AM   #31 
  - What's your source on that claim?  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:19 AM   #34 
  - Rep. Dana Rohrabacher  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:25 AM   #36 
  - LMAO. He's a world-class wingnut.  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:29 AM   #39 
     - I'm sorry. It wasn't him though he didn't like it. This is from a piece I've been working on  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:36 AM   #41 
        - You're still relying on Rohrabacher's bullshit.  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:42 AM   #43 
        - Ahmed Rashid. I relied on his work in that case.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:48 AM   #47 
           - He's QUOTING Rohrabacher. n/t  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:53 AM   #50 
              - Here is the part:  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:56 AM   #53 
        - You need to be more careful  Vattel   Feb-01-09 08:46 AM   #64 
           - True and thanks for the notation.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 09:09 AM   #68 
           - Note: The inference was Ahmed's that it came from Rashid's "Taliban"  mmonk   Feb-01-09 10:52 AM   #78 
              - You mean "Rall's," not "Ahmed's," right?  Vattel   Feb-01-09 12:02 PM   #83 
                 - I pulled it from Nafeez Ahmed's book whereby there was no mention  mmonk   Feb-02-09 06:57 AM   #97 
                    - Oh I see, we're dealing with multiple Ahmeds  Vattel   Feb-02-09 10:45 AM   #112 
                       - Yep, the two Ahmeds was where the confusion was.  mmonk   Feb-02-09 02:21 PM   #118 
  - The Bush Admin gave the Taleban $43 Million in August of '01  martymar64   Feb-02-09 06:19 PM   #121 
  - er, now the U.S. did not pay the salaries of the Taliban officials  cali   Feb-01-09 07:28 AM   #38 
  - Maybe you should wait for my piece.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:43 AM   #44 
     - If you're relying on testimony from Dana Rohrabacher  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:44 AM   #46 
        - Maybe before judging, you should wait and see how much what  mmonk   Feb-01-09 07:53 AM   #48 
           - Since there is no credible source for your claim,  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:54 AM   #51 
              - There are, however, lots of credible sources for  cali   Feb-01-09 07:55 AM   #52 
              - Not after the embassy bombings we didn't. n/t  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 07:59 AM   #54 
                 - I believe you are incorrect that all sourcing, negotiation and funding stopped.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 08:43 AM   #63 
                    - The money was distributed through the United Nations  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 11:06 AM   #79 
                       - These agreements were done in private preceeding determination  mmonk   Feb-01-09 11:27 AM   #80 
              - You're something else.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 08:00 AM   #55 
              - You're making an extraordinary claim- Bill Clinton paid  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 08:04 AM   #57 
                 - Al Queda and the Taliban are not the same entities.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 08:18 AM   #60 
                    - The Taliban became AQ's partners in crime  geek tragedy   Feb-01-09 08:21 AM   #61 
                    - It is one of the reasons.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 08:31 AM   #62 
                    - A qualifier to my statement. Not all funding, just direct funding  mmonk   Feb-01-09 08:50 AM   #65 
                    - self-delete  Vattel   Feb-01-09 09:09 AM   #67 
              - Nice try but nope, not even close.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 10:37 AM   #75 
  - Oh no! You found out I secretly support the Taliban!  zulchzulu   Feb-01-09 09:13 AM   #69 
  - I asked where were you when the US did. I did not say you supported them, support them,  mmonk   Feb-01-09 09:47 AM   #70 
     - So what the hell are you implying?  zulchzulu   Feb-01-09 09:53 AM   #72 
        - That is good. I'm glad you were active. One can not just infer that.  mmonk   Feb-01-09 09:55 AM   #73 
           - There is some  H2O Man   Feb-01-09 01:09 PM   #85 
              - You are correct.  mmonk   Feb-02-09 07:30 AM   #100 
  - so then you agree we created the problem?  iamthebandfanman   Feb-02-09 09:15 PM   #124 
  - I chose the bath house deal. Imagine just how many women you could pick up...  SKKY   Feb-01-09 08:53 AM   #66 
  - Excellent post. You point out the evil nature of that religious wacko tribe who LOVES Al Qaeda.  Honeycombe8   Feb-01-09 09:52 AM   #71 
  - Yes, they are a sick bunch. The Taliban used al Queda to help  mmonk   Feb-01-09 10:02 AM   #74 
  - Why, yours of course!  depakid   Feb-01-09 10:40 AM   #76 
  - The Taliban? EWWW!  Touchdown   Feb-01-09 01:46 PM   #86 
  - 1984. Part 1.Chapter 1.Two-minute Hate Session  Prometheus Bound   Feb-01-09 07:03 PM   #87 
  - I love strawidiot polls!  LynnTheDem   Feb-01-09 08:54 PM   #88 
  - Which policy do you support the most?  Hanse   Feb-01-09 10:04 PM   #89 
  - Ooohhh... anger! Alcoholic much?  zulchzulu   Feb-01-09 10:07 PM   #90 
     - Chickenhawk much?  Hanse   Feb-01-09 10:11 PM   #91 
        - So support the Taliban... you probably love them  zulchzulu   Feb-01-09 10:15 PM   #92 
           - Hey now...  Hanse   Feb-01-09 10:19 PM   #94 
              - yah, just their own people..not US troops  iamthebandfanman   Feb-02-09 09:27 PM   #126 
  - Nice poll, Lou Dobbs.  Forkboy   Feb-02-09 12:15 AM   #95 
  - Oh wow! Another fan of people who throw acid on women's faces and make them sex slaves  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 08:13 AM   #105 
     - Try not to be so stupid that you make 4 year olds feel good about themselves.  Forkboy   Feb-02-09 02:56 PM   #119 
        - I think people who support or appease asshats like the Taliban are stupid  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 09:51 PM   #129 
           - I think people who make shit up sound like Ann Coulter.  Forkboy   Feb-03-09 12:58 PM   #141 
  - Why aren't you in Afghanistan?  EFerrari   Feb-02-09 02:42 AM   #96 
  - Why aren't you?  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 08:45 AM   #110 
     - Chickenhawk. n/t  superduperfarleft   Feb-02-09 01:38 PM   #115 
        - Utopian Fantastical Droid n/t  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 08:36 PM   #122 
  - You don't have proof they do any of those things, just sayin.  harun   Feb-02-09 07:13 AM   #98 
  - I guess Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the UN are makin' shit up, right?  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 08:18 AM   #106 
  - Send 200,000 troops into the mountainous region  Life Long Dem   Feb-02-09 07:27 AM   #99 
  - I would assume that those who disagree with this poll are against Amnesty International too  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 07:55 AM   #102 
  - No, just self-righteous asses.  Forkboy   Feb-02-09 02:58 PM   #120 
     - Tell us why Amnesty International are "self-righteous asses"...  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 10:03 PM   #133 
        - I was talking about you.  Forkboy   Feb-03-09 12:56 PM   #139 
  - Hey naysayers! I guess you are against Human Rights Watch too, right?  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 08:02 AM   #103 
  - What other of the world's oppressive regimes should the US police?  tekisui   Feb-02-09 08:29 AM   #107 
  - We are in Afghanistan now with other countries...  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 09:33 AM   #111 
  - If the oppression was based on race rather than gender, would this still be hate-mongering?"  Deep13   Feb-02-09 08:40 AM   #109 
  - So when are you enlisting?  superduperfarleft   Feb-02-09 01:33 PM   #114 
  - So when are you going to wake up?  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 09:52 PM   #130 
  - "Worth fighting"?  Orsino   Feb-02-09 02:16 PM   #116 
  - I guess we should stick our heads in the sand, become Utopian Isolationist Pacifists and act like...  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 09:57 PM   #132 
     - Those UIP types would never have promoted the Saudi project of funding the Taliban  eridani   Feb-03-09 05:11 AM   #135 
     - Not yet. You still haven't told me what "worth fighting" means.  Orsino   Feb-03-09 10:19 AM   #136 
  - there has to be some other option than a military one  Blue_Tires   Feb-02-09 02:21 PM   #117 
  - It seems most people have been ignoring what Amnesty International has been saying for years  zulchzulu   Feb-02-09 09:49 PM   #128 
     - then why half-ass it? let's go to the big leagues and invade china  Blue_Tires   Feb-02-09 10:45 PM   #134 
  - Serious answer: they tried to eradicate heroin production.  mwooldri   Feb-02-09 09:23 PM   #125 
  - yup shared self righteous morality  iamthebandfanman   Feb-02-09 09:34 PM   #127 
  - So, do you support invading North Korea and Saudi Arabia? How about Turkmenistan?  PVnRT   Feb-03-09 12:12 PM   #138 
     - The OP clearly put all of 3 seconds thought into his OP.  Forkboy   Feb-03-09 01:00 PM   #142 
        - Reading through this train wreck, it appears so  PVnRT   Feb-03-09 01:42 PM   #143 
           - I think we are looking at some  Every Man A King   Feb-03-09 01:46 PM   #144 
 

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