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Originally posted by Arya
Hendrix, if I'm not mistaken, i beileve Latin America has the highest terrorist activities in the world. I'm not sure bout that though. Don't quote me. Back to Iraq, I don't know if it's a good idea to believe these "opposition" forces. Sure they talk about democracy and all that. I don't know enough about these "opposition" to know what they are really about. After all, the Northern Alliance were as bad as the Taliban, but with enough spin doctor and the media making them out to be the next George Washingotn, they don't look so bad. Tell's you that when you listen to just the media, you don't know anything.
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Why is the Northern Alliance as bad as the Taliban? By the way, the Loya Jirga encompasses the Northern Alliance into the government and is not simply the Norther Alliance. The Taliban was a govt...see the difference?
I want to argue with you on two levels. The first is your remark on the media. Your assumption is that there is some untainted form of media out there. I do not know you and I am not going to assume you're one of those anti-war/anti-golbalization/anti-everything's who reads the mailings off the user groups he joins and the editorials which pass for fact gathering on certain "grassroots" websites. However, all media has an inherent bias in it. I don't think you can make a point by telling people not to listen to the media - unless you can specifically tell me what it is that you do your learning from, how you're sure it's unbiased, etc.
Second, I would say that Afghanistan is much better off right now. Most people who disagree constantly talk about the Northern Alliance being just as brutal (mistaking that the Northern Alliance is not the new government). The fact is that the current situation is much less oppressive and allows for greater human rights (although not anywhere near perfect). The one significant problem in the new government is the corrupt factionalism which has even taken its toll on the US government through false intelligence which allows one group to use the US to attack another. This is similar in some aspects to the corruptness in Russia right now.
I do not have a solution for it and believe, perhaps, time will be the only solution to this as the country develops and the people become
fairly represented in their government. But what I do know is that Afghanistan is better without the Taliban for the Afghanis themselves as well as for the international community.
Also, regardless of the cause, it is clearly shown that across the world terrorists are linked together from the IRA to the Palestinians to the rebels in Columbia. For example, it was the "Jackal" who wrote a nice little letter to the media on behalf of an Arab terrorist from his jail cell even though he had no connection to the region whatsoever.
-Rudey
--I'm so tired right now so if my post lacked clarity please allow me the opportunity to apologize in advance. I'm off to bed listening to the Roots and Bjork. Peace.