> Obama Says US May Reach Out to Taliban
>
> http://news.aol.com/article/obama-afghanistan-taliban/373693
> President Barack Obama says he hopes U.S. troops can identify
> moderate elements of the Taliban and move them toward reconciliation....
>
> "If you talk to Gen. Petraeus, I think he would argue that part of
> the success in Iraq involved reaching out to people that we would
> consider to be Islamic fundamentalists, but who were willing to work
> with us," said Obama. "There may be some comparable opportunities in
> Afghanistan and the Pakistani region, but the situation in
> Afghanistan is, if anything, more complex," Obama added.
In other words: the Bush strategy "worked" in Iraq -- let's try it in Afghanistan. ("Moderate elements" is the usual Orwellian code for "people you can buy off.")
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