November 16, 2008
Unnamed US & NATO Officials Preparing For Obama's Presidency
Headline at Columbia Tribune - "Officials Blame US for Taliban Renewal"
WASHINGTON - For seven years, the Bush administration has pursued al-Qaida but done almost nothing to hunt down the Afghan Taliban leadership in its sanctuaries in Pakistan, and that has left Mullah Mohammad Omar and his deputies free to direct an escalating war against the U.S.-backed Afghan government.The administration’s decision, U.S. and NATO officials said, has allowed the Taliban to regroup, re-arm and recruit at bases in southwestern Pakistan. Since the puritanical Islamic movement’s resurgence began in early 2005, it has killed at least 626 U.S.-led NATO troops, 301 of them Americans, along with thousands of Afghans, and handed President-elect Barack Obama a growing guerrilla war with no end in sight.[emphasis mine]
A senior NATO official quoted at end of article states "All they’ve (US) done in the last two years is arrest one Taliban leader". WTF has this official been doing the "last two years"?
Looking forward to Pres-elect Obama to be sworn in.
By Stable Hand at November 16, 2008 09:50 AM | | l digg this
