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To: michael97123 who wrote (100968)	6/10/2003 8:42:20 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

The Taliban takeover initially as i remember it, was viewed as favorable by some US policy makers. Which ones specifically? It would probably be more appropriate to say "the lesser of two evils" since the one thing the Taliban were able to bring to Afghanistan was a restored sense of order... But rather than using that established sense of order to improve the lot of the Afghani people, they repressed them, stifled their entrepreneurialship, and attempted to brainwash them according to their intolerant belief systems. Thus, I believe the term "favored" is definitely a bit fanciful. Of course, if actually stated in that manner, I guess we have to ask them whether they are still stupid enough to stand by such words. Hawk

To: michael97123 who wrote (100968)	6/10/2003 10:14:26 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I have never viewed favorably men who force educated, Westernized woman into medieval living conditions. Not that I approve of forcing women into medieval living conditions, period, but as an educated Western woman it's a form of torture that is personal to me. Plus, I had contacts in Afghanistan who reported what a disaster they were - no improvement over the Russians. Just as I had contacts in Iran who reported what a disaster the Ayatollah was - no improvement over the Shah. You probably do, too, only you might not know it. If you take a taxicab, or eat at a Middle Eastern restaurant or shop at a Middle Eastern grocery, talk to the people who are working there. Taxicab drivers are very garrulous, it's just you and them in the cab. After you ask, where are you from? Ask, do you like it here? Do you miss your home? How about your family at home? How are they doing? Is it a good place to live? You'll get an earful. I used to get my hair done by a woman from Afghanistan. Now, I have a Vietnamese lady, and get an earful from her. But that's me, I get people to tell me their life story everywhere I go.