> I of course hope that this is correct.
>
> There is one difference, however, between the Soviet & the U.S.
> occupations. The present Afghan resistance seems to be pretty much on
> their own. (Though I would be interested if anyone knows where they are
> getting their arms.) The resistance to the Soviet Union was backed (and
> supplied) by an external power, the U.S.
>
> As far as I know, no guerrilla movement has ever won without a powerful
> external supporter. (Cuba is an excception, but the U.S. waited too long
> to intervene actively ther.)
>
> Carrol
Taliban have links to the Pakistani military and intelligence communities, no? (This is complex because "taliban" is such a, well, difficult category.) Still, most of the world's opium. Money is omnilingual.