Comments on: Updates On The War On Terror 03_27_08

By: truthhard2take

truthhard2take — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:52:12 +0000

Correction: sub WaPo for WSJ.

By: truthhard2take

truthhard2take — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:48:22 +0000

WWS fails to mention the WSJ also failed to predict a long-term
resilient insurgency in Iraq and agreed with Rumsfeld on the small troops force adequacy. Good company for AJ.

By: WWS

WWS — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:16:10 +0000

Oh look, Sooth is using his sockpuppet to post love notes to himself again.

By: truthhard2take

truthhard2take — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:19:31 +0000

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/27/world/main3971879.shtml

Soothie — it’s obvious Strata approves of the kind of US
“push-push” in Pakistan that has led to the kind of love for it and stability prevailing in Iraq . Pakis, like Iraqis dissent.

By: WWS

WWS — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:50:39 +0000

It’s not even a setback - the WaPo has published an analysis that agrees on almost every point with everything AJ has been writing for years now.

That’s why Sooth has nothing but pathetic whining to add - Hey Sooth, go sing a few verses of God D*** America to your Obama poster, it will cheer you up.

By: VinceP1974

VinceP1974 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:01:43 +0000

Oh here comes the leftists to gloat at every set back. Scum.

By: Soothsayer

Soothsayer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:54:19 +0000

Man - the War on Terror is going great!!!! I read it right here in the Strata-Sphere!!

By: WWS

WWS — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:21:18 +0000

The desire for a homeland points out the fundamental difference between the Taliban and Al Qaeda. The Taliban is based on the large Pashtun tribe which inhabits northern Pakistan and southern Afghanistan. (The various Waziri tribes are simply Pashtun subsets)

Not all Pashtun are Taliban, but virtually all Taliban are Pashtun. If a fighter comes from some other area (chechen, turkmen, arab) he will identify and answer to Al Qaeda rather than the Taliban. The Pashtun feel that they have a historical grievance in that their “homeland” got carved in half by Great Britain, as the line between Afghanistan and Pakistan runs squarely through the middle of the Pashtun land. This explains why the border is so porous and difficult to control - it is a line imposed by a Western power that the local residents have never recognized or accepted.

The Pashtun have always lusted after the “Pashtunistan” that they feel they were deprived of, and that is what the Taliban interviewed here are talking about. Of course, they also feel that it’s their “right” to dominate all of the smaller tribes that make up the rest of Pakistan and Afghanistan, so it’s a good thing for everyone to work to stop the Pashtun from getting what they want.