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Can you trust the Taliban?
March 9th, 2009
Sunday’s lead story in The New York Times was titled, “Obama Ponders Outreach to Elements of the Taliban.” It describes, among other topics, President Obama’s comments about the war in Afghanistan in a 35-minute interview with The New York Times.
This is the kind of nuanced policy you would never see in the Bush administration. President’s idea involves reaching out to moderate elements of the Taliban in the same way we reached out to moderate elements of the Sunni in Iraq.
The concept involves understanding that we are all human, and most people are not all evil or all good. There are indeed Islamic fundamentalists who eschew some of the tactics of Al Qaeda, often including the ruthless indiscriminate slaughter of innocent men, women and children.
Whether the concept will work remains to be seen. Later on in the article, it is noted that there are many tribes in Afghanistan, each with a “fierce” independence and often working against each other. Also, in Afghanistan, the central government is weaker.
All Americans should be concerned about the resurgence of the Taliban, especially in Pakistan, where the central government has ceded a vast region of the country to the Taliban in the Swat valley.
Pakistan claims it is designed to create a conflict between the local, less radical fundamentalists and the Taliban. President Obama is currently in the midst of a policy review on Pakistan as well.
Anyway, it’s good to know there’s someone thinking hard about these problems, for a change, and considering new approaches.
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