Democracy means voting for your friendly neighborhood dictator

[Banquo's Ghost]

Interesting, considering that today the Pakistani Taliban has plenty of foot soldiers and sympathizers from across the Central Asia. Uzbeks are especially numerous in the Taliban's ranks, and after finishing off Afghanistan/Pakistan they would love nothing more than to do the same with Uzbekistan. But no, let's go ahead and think that Taliban will respect borders and agreements.

Please.

The occupation of Afghanistan has attracted loonies from all sorts of places, but they are not significant. Hardly the "raging fire" you claim is being contained.

Indeed, the Afghan Taliban is a mish-mash of all sorts of rebels - as insurgencies of that country have always been. The allegiances form and reform on the basis of money, patronage and opportunity to kill a few invaders. Not really the stuff of The Caliphate ®.

[rvg]

Please.

That link just underscores my point that Central Asian militants are actively participating in the Taliban insurgency.

[Strike For The South]

Time for us to leave, and if this happens again raze the country with some really cool exsplosives we spend so much money on.

I have no time for terrorists but I have even less time for people whom aern't willing to work with us and who simply are trying to get there peice of the opium pie.