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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (17535)1/31/2002 5:48:44 AM
From: SirRealist  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Al Qaida fighters and foreign mercenaries who joined the Taleban have no claim to a definition as a soldier.

But even though the Taleban were not recognized as a government except by three guys named Mo, within Afghanistan, they largely were accepted as such, grudgingly or not.

The Taleban did not attack the US; they fought us when we attacked. Certainly, they provided aid & support to AQ. However, if we went to war with Egypt, claiming it supports Hezbollah, would Geneva apply to Egyptian troops? Would it apply to Hezbollah members? I think 'yes' and 'no' answer the parallel questions.

I think there is a distinction between the Taleban and all other enemies we fought in Afghanistan, and we should make this distinction in our subsequent actions.
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