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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: AmericanVoter who wrote (172)4/12/2002 8:50:48 PM
From: Bilow   of 32591
 
Hi all; That was a classic "surrender now" article from back on November 11:

A Question of Guts
Uri Avnery, October 31, 2001
The United States is about to be entangled in Afghanistan.

Gone is the idea that it is possible to vanquish the Taliban by aerial bombardment. Gone is the illusion that some tribal fighters, who were given the grandiose name of the "Northern Coalition", could put up a real fight, much as the Israelis lost the illusion that the Phalangists would really fight for them in Lebanon. Gone is the hope that local warlords would betray the Taliban and join the Americans.

The Taliban can rely on three formidable sources of strength: tough Afghan patriotism that has in the past beaten the British Empire and the Soviet superpower; extreme Islamic fanaticism; and the tribal loyalty of the Pashtun, the largest group in the country.
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-- Carl

P.S. I'm reading old posts.
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