[Peace-discuss] What the Debate Missed on Afghanistan: Brits Say Talk to Taliban

[E. Wayne Johnson]

"I am the Walrus. "
 
"/No, you're not!/", said little Nicole. 

Robert Naiman wrote:
> Well, Petraeus isn't comparing the Taliban to us today - he's
> comparing the Taliban to the American colonists during the War of
> Independence. A remarkable comparison.
>
> Maybe there is something to be said for letting military leaders
> participate in political debates...I don't think we've heard this
> comparison from any Members of Congress yet.
The problem seems to be the age-old problem of having ears but being 
unable to hear.

There are those who would have us believe that the "terrorists" are 
crazed zombies
like those delegates at the RNC who raise their arm "Hail! Victory!" and 
flip their placards on queue;
obsessed unthinking maniacs, like those who have blind faith to ignore 
egregious faults
in the warmongering globalist O'bomba ha' Mashiya.

Those they call "terrorists" are as I see it, Patriots and Freedom 
Fighters defending their homeland.
We might be disparaging about some of their methods but not their motives.

General Betray-us certainly ain't the first to point this out, although 
some ignored the voices in Congress
and others tried to bury them.

"...What would we say here if China was doing this in our country or in 
the Gulf of Mexico?
We would be objecting. We need to look at what we do from the 
perspective of
what would happen if somebody else did it to us...I'm suggesting that we 
listen to the
people who attacked us and the reason they did it..."

"That's really an extraordinary statement," said Rudy Giuliani.

"I believe very sincerely that the CIA is correct when they teach and 
talk about blowback.
When we went into Iran in 1953 and installed the shah, yes, there was 
blowback.
A reaction to that was the taking of our hostages and that persists. And 
if we ignore that,
we ignore that at our own risk. If we think that we can do what we want 
around the world
and not incite hatred, then we have a problem. They don't come here to 
attack us because
we're rich and we're free. They come and they attack us because we're 
over there.
I mean, what would we think if we were -- if other foreign countries 
were doing that to us?"

read more... <http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/paul-said-it.html>
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