I put the thread up (first incarnation of the afterhours CE board - has it only been a year???), and I remember your comment, ed - as well as universal outrage from the rest of the regulars.
But... here's an exercise in speculative 'alternative history'. If the events of 9/11/01 had not happened, or had not happened in the United States, the Taliban would still be ruling Afghanistan. This country does not go to war for humanitarian reasons. War is an extension of foreign policy; humanitarian issues have never been more than a prop for US foreign policy - either a rhetorical justification made after the fact, or demonization of the enemy, or both.
In other words: only US intervention could have toppeled the Taliban - no other country would have initiated it - and only a direct attack on American soil would have been sufficient to awaken the Sleeping Eagle.
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- Taliban Toiled for a Month to Topple Ancient Buddhas . . .
- Try that again
- Re: Taliban Toiled for a Month to Topple Ancient Buddhas . . . (n/t)
- For the picture, they sure did a neat job in removing all of the rock debris at the base of the statue. n/t
- I posted at the time that the Taliban would collapse soon after this.
- Ironic how those who have so very little to contribute
- Steven Segal must be wicked...
- This crime makes me want to puke. n/t (n/t)