[lbo-talk] There is nothing called the 'moderate Taliban'

Sujeet Bhatt sujeet.bhatt at gmail.com
Sun Apr 12 18:58:35 PDT 2009


Well, there were "moderate" nazis, too, weren't there?

On 4/12/09, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> "Moderate" is a relative term. I'm sure the Taliban are not monolithic (no
> organization is). There must be moderates.
>
>
> --- On Sun, 4/12/09, Sujeet Bhatt <sujeet.bhatt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Sujeet Bhatt <sujeet.bhatt at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [lbo-talk] There is nothing called the 'moderate Taliban'
>> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>> Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 7:50 AM
>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Columnists/M-J-Akbar-No-Moderate-Taliban/articleshow/4390292.cms
>>
>> The Times of India
>>
>> MJ Akbar
>> There is nothing called the 'moderate Taliban'
>> 12 Apr 2009, 0044 hrs IST
>>
>> If necessity is the mother of invention then politics is
>> often the
>> father. Barack Obama has invented a phrase that did not
>> exist on
>> January 20, the day he became president. Anxious to win a
>> war through
>> the treasury rather than the Pentagon, he has discovered
>> something
>> called the "moderate Taliban" in Afghanistan.
>
>
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