Moldy Peaches

I agree with you Praire boy, the left has developed the strange habit of standing up for groups that hold opposite values to theirs. It honestly seems to be the same mistake that people frequently say the US makes in Foreign Policy, my enemy's enemy is my friend. Just cause they don't like Harper and Bush does not make the Taliban reasonable, fun guys to hang out with.
 

Jack's position is especially idiotic since the Canadians have been laying the pressure on. The Taliban are holding out in the mountains further than ever, and with NATO being allowed into Pakistan, time's running short for that awful menace. Moreover, our military are performing at level comparable to their greatest historical accomplishments, taking on a powerful entity and winning the hearts and minds of many Afghans in the process. They are among their finest hour and Layton, in his "I feel your pain" ignomy, cannot recognize this. He should be ashamed of himself.
 

Praire boy, I don't always agree with you, but I certainly liked your last post. The Taliban partnered with Bin Laden and allowed him to train in Afghanistan to launch attacks against the west. Canadians died on 9/11. Some people (not saying you Tyler) seem to be getting the lack of justification for war in Iraq, confused with this perfectly justified war in Afghanistan.

Diplomatic talks have their purposes, but there is no negotiating with fundamentalists that are determined to use force to assert their will. The really area that we need more thought, diplomacy and negotiation in is with how do we deal with the breeding grounds for these Taliban soldiers? Religous schools in Pakistan funded by a good number of Saudi Arabians are where a lot of new fighters are coming from. How do we deal with a reasonable government in Pakistian and a somewhat reasonable (though repressive)government in Saudi Arabia to get this to stop?