Pakistani and Afghan Taliban Unify in Face of U.S. Influx

[ClayZ]

New York Times


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/world/asia/27taliban.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

By CARLOTTA GALL
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After agreeing to bury their differences and unite forces, Taliban leaders based in Pakistan have closed ranks with their Afghan comrades to ready a new offensive in Afghanistan as the United States prepares to send 17,000 more troops there this year.

In interviews, several Taliban fighters based in the border region said preparations for the anticipated influx of American troops were already being made. A number of new, younger commanders have been preparing to step up a campaign of roadside bombings and suicide attacks to greet the Americans, the fighters said.

The refortified alliance was forged after the reclusive Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, sent emissaries to persuade Pakistani Taliban leaders to join forces and turn their attention to Afghanistan, Pakistani officials and Taliban members said.

The overture by Mullah Omar is an indication that with the prospect of an American buildup, the Taliban feel the need to strengthen their own forces in Afghanistan and to redirect their Pakistani allies toward blunting the new American push.

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[ShortnFiery]

1. It's time for the Coalition to make like A Sheepherder and get the FLOCK out of Afghanistan.

No good can come from continued ILLEGAL occupations of either Iraq and Afghanistan.

Any thoughtful student of Military History would make the same OBJECTIVE conclusion.

But there's TREASURE TROVE of MONEY to be made and the Pentagon's Military Industrial Complex will not be denied. :grr:

Same shit, different WARS. :(

http://www.metrolyrics.com/feel-like-im-fixin-to-die-rag-country-joe-and-the-fish-1967-lyrics-chumbawamba.html

Come on all you big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in desert lands.
So put down your books and pick up the gun
We're gonna have a whole lot of fun!
(Chorus)

And it's 1 2 3 what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me I don't give a damn!
Next stop another Viet Nam.
And it's 5 6 7 open up the pearly gates.
There ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! We're all gonna die.

Come on generals let's move fast,
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out there and break some heads.
The only good enemy is one that's dead.
And you know the peace can only be won,
When you blow 'em all to kingdom come!
(Repeat chorus)

Well come on Wall Street - don't move slow,
Why man, this is war-a-go-go!
There's plenty of money to be made
By supplying the army with the tools of the trade.
Just look at it my way - if you drop the Bomb,
Well, it's all part of the fun!
(Repeat chorus)

Well come on mothers don't delay,
Pack your kids off to the Gulf today.
Come on fathers don't hesitate,
Send them off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box!
(Repeat chorus)

[ClayZ]

2. When will we ever learn?

I hope our President takes a good long look at this article this morning.

How is a little more WAR going to help anything! How about a little more PEACE!


That picture is heartbreaking.

I'm thinking we are going to have to hit the streets again.

The world hated bu$h because of the WARS!




MERCY!

The same applies to Afghanistan! We are making MORE enemies!

NO MORE WAR!

[ShortnFiery]

3. The more I observe, the more I'm convinced that The Pentagon and Wall Street runs this Nation.

Our President is seemingly not much more than a Figurehead. Don't get me wrong, Obama is helping the middle class with pushing legislation that will assist us in "getting by" but HE'S DAMNED if he truly wished to end these EVIL OCCUPATIONS or CHALLENGE Wall Street's stranglehold of the Nation's Wealth. :(

[ClayZ]

4. More blood.

More brain injury.
More wounded vets.
More caskets.
More Innocent causalities