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<a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2002030016-2002041322,00.html">Taleban faction ditches Kandahar, reneges on surrender agreement.</a> My only question is, why were these people not disarmed, or was this some sort of "Munich Pact" surrender agreement?post:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:43:15 -0800insomnyuktalebantalibankandaharafghanistanwarafghanistanwarBy: techgnollogic
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You might as well ask why the whole country hasn't been disarmed yet... this is not a group that we "had" that suddenly "got away," it's a group that fled Kandahar over a month ago and was just hanging out in the mountains until this search and destroy crew of ours rolled through and sparked some resistance. I like the part about US forces killing 15 of them and only suffering one injured foot. Just one foot.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141-211717Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:03:17 -0800techgnollogicBy: mr_crash_davis
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How does someone "disappear" with 450 tanks and vehicles? Is David Copperfield leading this army?comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141-211723Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:15:49 -0800mr_crash_davisBy: Zurishaddai
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<cite>How does someone "disappear" with 450 tanks and vehicles?</cite>
Apparently, the problem was not with knowing about or seeing the heavy military equipment. The Sherzai aide quoted in the article says, <small>"They took with them 450 tanks and vehicles, rocket-propelled grenades, machine-guns and rifles. At present, the Americans do not want to use force, as they are spread among the local people..."</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141-211726Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:32:15 -0800ZurishaddaiBy: insomnyuk
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I say now that Al-Qaeda (the U.S.'s supposed objective) is gone from Afghanistan, we get the hell out of there before civil war breaks out.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141-211729Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:34:51 -0800insomnyukBy: Steven Den Beste
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Make sure you read that sentence correctly. They took 450 vehicles. Some of those were tanks.
Almost certainly most of them were beat-up pickup trucks. It doesn't mean they have 450 tanks; the Taliban didn't have that many even before combat started in October.
Insomnyuk, if we do what you say, why would anyone ever trust us again?comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141-211759Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:00:40 -0800Steven Den BesteBy: vbfg
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Get the hell out <b>before</b> civil war breaks out or get the hell out <b>so that</b> civil war breaks out?comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141-211846Fri, 25 Jan 2002 04:10:35 -0800vbfgBy: dhartung
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OK, what's the party line for beating up on America today? I didn't get the newsletter. Is it <i>excessive interference in local affairs</i> or will it instead be <i>craven abandonment of Afghan people to depredations of warlords</i>?comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141-211850Fri, 25 Jan 2002 04:51:11 -0800dhartungBy: jfuller
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> if we do what you say, why would anyone ever trust us
> again?
I take your point, SDB, but can you name anyone who trusts us now? As the man said, nations don't have permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.comment:www.metafilter.com,2002:site.14141-212071Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:19:19 -0800jfuller
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