Taliban take over villages outside Kandahar

Tuesday 17th June, 05:33 AM JST

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rjd_jr at 08:56 AM JST - 17th June

No worries, things will be alright soon.
skipthesong at 10:55 AM JST - 17th June

How does this group keep growing?
rjd_jr at 01:12 PM JST - 17th June

What happened apparently was that the U.S. and others screwed things up royally in Afghanistan. They got lax in securing the kind of alliances and partnerships with the various factions in Afghanistan that could have proved a thorn to the Taliban.
skipthesong at 01:19 PM JST - 17th June

what I meant was how are they recruiting new people? What is so special about them that makes one want to turn to such strict religion that the Taliban practices. It's like not believing in a god but then joining a devil worship group.
adaydream at 01:21 PM JST - 17th June

This is where we went to fight the war on terror. This is the war we damn sure better to be concerned about. This is why we're at war to begin with.

But we are allowing them to lose there because we lost sight of the real war, and by chois, decided to take the greatest part of our military and attacked a virtually defenseless country. < :-)
Madverts at 05:21 PM JST - 17th June

"It's like not believing in a god but then joining a devil worship group."

Nah, for them it's probably great. They get to drive a pick-up truck, brandish a Klashnikov, crap on their women and impose their middle-aged "law" on anyone who isn't part of the Taliban.

If Bush Co had managed to stay the course here this embarassment may have been avoided. Sadly they moved on to Iraq and made an even bigger mess.
skipthesong at 05:53 PM JST - 17th June

If Bush Co had managed to stay the course here this embarassment may have been avoided. Sadly they moved on to Iraq and made an even bigger mess." agreed!
Taka313 at 07:27 PM JST - 17th June

Hey, But violence is down in Iraq.

Global whack-a-mole.

Taka
Sarge at 10:21 PM JST - 17th June

"Hey, but violence is down in Iraq"

Wrong thread, dude.

"Global whack-a-mole"

Sure, belittle our troops' efforts to capture or kill our enemies. Sheesh.
Madverts at 11:20 PM JST - 17th June

Uh, sarge;

"Sure, belittle our troops' efforts to capture or kill our enemies. Sheesh."

It was Bush and his supporters that belittled the troops' efforts when attention and resources were diverted to the fiasco in Iraq, rather than finishing the job in Afghanistan.
adaydream at 04:56 AM JST - 18th June

Bring the troops back here where they should be and back from Iraq, we might win this war. Other than that, we'll be just like the Russians and leave just to keep from loosing any more money and troops. < :-)