On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 17, 2010, at 5:40 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
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>> We weren't the only ones visited by Mr. Rhone.
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> Juan Cole was too, spouting a line similar to what got the real Rakesh
> thrown off Lou Proyect's list:
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> <http://www.juancole.com/2009/12/karzai-talk-to-mullah-omar-mutwakkil.html#c8332949869858483568>
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> Leaving Afghanistan to Taliban conquest would destabilize Pakistan even more
> than splitting the Taliban and defeating militarily those who will not
> negoitate. I hope that you are not under the illusion (so comforting to the
> pacifist hippies that read this blog) that all NATO has to do is decamp and
> India make some concessions on Kashmir for the ISI to give up on Taliban
> control of part or all of Afghanistan. Get real, Dr. Cole! The use of force
> is necessary to marginalize those who are dead set opposed to national and
> regional negotiations happening and to development projects in which
> international forces play a positive role getting off the ground. No peace
> without force. The ISI will have to be made to live with a government that
> it cannot control. Think of it this way: what sane sovereign government in
> Kabul would not seek closer ties with dynamic India than failing Pakistan?
> Too bad that the ISI cannot live with that. That's why we have international
> law.
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