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March 1, 2012
The New York Times Has Some "Doubts" About the Taliban
Beheadings Raise Doubts That Taliban Have Changed - NYTimes.comKABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban took the four men to the main bazaar in a southern Afghanistan district at evening prayer on Sunday, regional government officials said, denounced them as government spies because they were carrying satellite phones, then beheaded them in front of local residents who had been summoned to watch.Me, I'd cite the 4 beheadings as proof positive, but what do I know?
Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 1, 2012 12:32 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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On the 5th anniversary of 9/11 PBS ran a remembrance about it. One of the people interviewed was an American opera singer and NYC resident who, a full five years after that awful event which she personally witnessed, was trying very very hard to decide "whether there really IS such a thing as Evil. She couldn't quite bring herself to admit that. Idiot.
Posted by: Don Rodrigo at March 2, 2012 9:38 AM
I will always rembmeer one of Gen. Norman Schwartkopf's final Desert Storm news conferences:Behind him was large map, with large markers designating the various Coalition formations and their respective locations in Iraq as well as their Iraqi counterparts. One reporter ask Schwartzkopf Who's that over to the far left? indicating a marker over toward the area of Syria and Jordan, far away from any of the Iraqi markers.The exchange that follows went like this:General : The French Reporter: What are they doing over there? Gerneral: They're protecting our left flank Reporter: From whom? General: Smiling, They're protecting our left flank .
Posted by: Gonggong at July 14, 2012 10:13 PM