Comments on: Karzai Wants West to Buy Off Taliban

By: Stephen_Brady

Stephen_Brady — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:26:39 +0000

Thank you, Michael. I also believe that victory is possible, and supremely desirable. My point is that Karzai sees the handwriting on the wall, and is taking the only path open to him. He knows that Obama will not fight this war.

I think that Mr. Karzai will leave Afghanistan with the last American troops. You're right, paying off the Taliban will not work.

By: Stephen_Brady

Stephen_Brady — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:39:29 +0000

Karzai's taking the only option left to him. Re-integration is an acknowledgment of the fact that victory is not an option. Indeed, the "leader of the free world" has said that the word victory makes him uncomfortable.

President Karzai is attempting to delay the inevitable with bribes, paid for by the taxpayers of the Western world. Unfortunately, as soon as our forces have left, Mr. Karzai will be gone, too. As Gandalf said to Saruman, in the "Lord of the Rings", there is only one lord of the rings, and he does not share power.

Neither does the Taliban …

By: John C. Davidson

John C. Davidson — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:50:13 +0000

Everybody wants money, none more than those here at home,

Buyouts never achieve much other than prolonging the inevitable; destitution for the populous and the extension of tyranically control.

By: Michael vd Galien

Michael vd Galien — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:56:53 +0000

Stephen: I share your concerns. I don't think that defeating the Taliban is impossible – not at all, actually; they can be beaten, I am sure – but paying them off won't suffice.