Monday, October 02, 2006

Bill Frist reaches out to the Taliban

I could have sworn that we went into Afghanistan for two reasons:

1) To get Osama bin Laden. We know how well that's gone so far.

2) To remove the Taliban from power.

[Frist] said the only way to win in places like the volatile southern part of the country is to "assimilate people who call themselves Taliban into a larger, more representative government."

"Approaching counterinsurgency by winning hearts and minds will ultimately be the answer," Frist said. "Military versus insurgency one-to-one doesn't sound like it can be won. It sounds to me ... that the Taliban is everywhere."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Under the new law doesn't that qualify Frist for some torture?

Can I watch?

drmagoo said...

They can keep going as long as he's not in a persistent vegitative state, just like Terry Schiavo wasn't.