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Feedback ForumWho's to blame for the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan?Submissions for this question are no longer being accepted. Previously submitted comments appear below. Comments may have been edited for content or space. Poster: Paul Etxeberri Comment: The American People. The US is not a democracy, and the People let it be that way. Poster: Sharon A. Comment: Our dangerously misguided country - the U.S. Poster: WALTER BREWSTER Comment: I am just sick and tired of having our tax money supporting the CIA and its activities of troublemaking all over the globe. Does our so-called democracy allow the taxpayers any say in our stupid two party system? Poster: Jerry Ann Campbell Comment: Bush supported by the neocons Poster: mary robbins Comment: I was so moved by your story of Malalai Joya. It makes me so angry we abandoned these brave people and handed the country back to the warlords. We could have really done something good in Afganistan, instead we illegally invaded a soverign country. Then to insult the world by murdering thier leader. No matter how bad Sadamm was, I do not believe he was Bush's jurisdiction. I hope the people of Afganistan can find the strength to put the warlords out of power and regain their own free life to live in a way that will bring them happiness. Poster: steve Comment: Ask Bush Co. They Know all. They obviously don't listen to America. Poster: Yeriel Golan Comment: No one to blame really. In my opinion, the most the U.S. could hope for was to stabilize Kabul. The rural areas still belong to tribal sheikhs and warlords. The majority of the Afghani people still live in the 19th century at best. Poster: Daniel Wightman Comment: Imagine, if you will, that we had concentrated on Afghanstan, captured Ben Laden, spending a fraction of the money spent in Iraq what we would have accomplished. Farmers could have been paid NOT to grow poppys. We subsadise our farmers at home. Schools would be open and the war lords would have much less influence. Poster: L. P. Comment: I think it's the combination of the Bush Administration's handling of Afghanistan and those that are in power in Afghanistan which include the same warlords that are sympathetic to the Taliban. Granted, the those that were placed into power, primarily Karzai, were cherry-picked by the administration to make it look like Afghanistan has a strong leader. Poster: Kim Odland Comment: Bush may have led NATO in to Afaghanistan, but this is a 400 year battle between religion and tribal warfare/some kind of government control. With religion there are alway pawns just like politics. Bush just doesn't know how to help the people without imposing his religious escapegoat. Help the people and tribes first, then go after Taliban (Taliban roughy translated means students of god) Then try and reform the country. But Bush and the Repubicans want to send young into the breach, eventhough he chickenshit his wayout of the way of fire. (I think that is called coward) but I guess that get to be President Poster: Sam Ghosh Comment: The Taliban was built by Pakistan with American money and arms. The U. S. (State Department fools) as usual back the wrong horse. Why, Osama was also a U. S. friend. He filled the Afghan caves with American weapons to use it against the infidels later. The U. S. always backed the terrorist countries of Middle East not considering for a second the historical violence practiced by the majority there. All for oil. Now they are barking up the wrong tree (Iraq) who did not coddle al Qaeda. Now al Qaeda is in Iraq to prosper with oil money. Poster: Jane Whitington Comment: Quite honestly, the wrong Americans are acting in Afghanistan. The only times America has been effective acting on the governmental level is when elements other than the military have interacted with other peoples, such as the Peace Corps. The military goes in with the wrong objectives and with little compassion for the ordinary people. We hear about reconstruction projects, but the destructive military actions and wrong-headed policies outweigh the positive, and there is no way that Afghanistan will win. Poster: Elizabeth Averill Comment: We need to know that the Afghans as well as other people in the world want to live and work like we do and need to be helped to do so by education diplomacy and experiences that help nations grow and people work and care for their families and lives. Unless we educate ourselves as to how to help all nations and people we will continue to go down in history as the nation that cares nothing about others only ourselves. We are at fault for knowing nothing, but we can learn and turn things around once we understand this basic premiss. Poster: Hans Cherney Comment: To me it is quite clear that the Bush Administration and its friendship with the Military Dictator of Pakistan is the reason why we are not committed to finding Bin Laden and his cohorts. Musharraf is afraid of al-Qaida and Bush wants to stay close to the Pakistanis. Poster: Jeff Sal Comment: Bush Administration, clearly. Typically, they used the Afghans, then abandoned them, foolishly, making us all more insecure. They should be impeached for aiding our enemies, over & over again. Helping the bad guys, while hurting us at home, and betraying our friends. We could have been the #1 freind to the Afghans. But hese fools have made them dislike us, a the entire world dislikes and mistrusts us. Poster: P. Gianni Comment: Instead of being anti war in the Middle East, why not be Pro- children, including Middle Eastern children. Until we win their hearts there will always be war. We must save the children to save ourselves. Poster: Suzanne Comment: I believe if the United States and coalition forces had focused their attention on Afghanistan instead of getting involved in Iraq, we would not be witnessing the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Poster: Judith Stevens Comment: The Taliban were our freinds against Russia (who wanted their oil/country,etc.). Why not against us when we kill and rob them too. Our President lied to bring us to war for his own self interest. Poster: Fred Yontz Comment: The Bush administration overthrow of the Taliban was a side trip. They came into office bent on invading Iraq, and 9/11 gave them their excuse, after a little symbolic dustup in Afghanistan.. But they were never dedicated to stabilizing Afghanistan and defeating the Taliban for good, not to mention capturing or killing Osama bin Laden; their interest was in making the neighborhood safe for Israel. And now their neglect is coming back to bite. When the Taliban controlled Afghanistan before, they practically eliminated drug production, but now, on their way back to power, they are being funded by drug production, which makes it a lose-lose situation for the Western drug-target world. Poster: Curtis Comment: The question should be: WHAT -- not Who -- is to blame. To me it is clearly the Iraq War with its massive committment of resources -- financial, human, materiel -- that is to blame. Poster: Emily Kullmann Comment: We are. We have made a total mess over there and it's time for it to end.... bring our men and women home, ASAP. Goddess help us. |
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