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

[wrobert at uci.edu]

Weren't they called the Federal German Republic after 1945?  (Okay, this
may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the West German Republic wound up
being fairly dependent on functionaries that had party membership,
frequently because they were the ones with the training to do the work.)
robert wood


> 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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