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Daily Caller said:By Amanda Carey - The Daily Caller | Published: 11:39 AM 08/10/2010 | Updated: 1:42 AM 08/11/2010
A new State Department report designating terrorist organizations notably excludes one group: the Taliban. The U.S. has been fighting a war in Afghanistan for almost a decade aimed at “defeating the Taliban,” Taliban members repeatedly have threatened and killed American citizens and lawmakers have increased pressure on State to add the Taliban to the list.
Earlier this summer, a group of congressional Democrats sent a letter to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton urging her to begin the process of categorizing the Taliban as a terrorist group. In June, Sens. Charles Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand of New York and Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez of New Jersey proposed legislation that would immediately add the Taliban to the terrorist list.
Yet the State Department’s report (due on April 30 but released last week), did not include the Taliban with groups such as al-Qaida, Hamas and the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA). To qualify, an organization must meet only three criteria: It must be foreign, it must engage in terrorist activity and its activity must threaten the security of the U.S. or its citizens.
“It is hard to imagine this agency can see fit to issue a report that doesn’t include the Taliban groups,” Fred Gedrich, a foreign policy analyst and former State Department employee, told The Daily Caller. “They have killed more Americans and conducted more terror attacks on innocent civilians during the past 12 months than any other terror group.“ LINK
My guess is that it is purposeful. Excluding the Taliban from the list makes it easier for the U.S. to rationalize inviting the Taliban to participate in dialogue/negotiations/governance in Afghanistan.
Actually, I can understand why the Taliban wasn't characterized as a terrorist organization. No report that I'm aware of ever indicated that the Taliban planned attacks against the U.S. prior to 9/11. They only acted as the governing body within Afghanastan and committed inhumane acts against their own people.
What they've done against U.S. and coalition forces since the War on Terror began is another story. But still, I'd classify them as a hostile governing body rather than a terrorist group only because their "reach" has never gone beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan, whereas Al Quaida has long had global.
Let me tell you what has really creeped me out before. Whenever Obama would say Tal i ban it sounded like a term of endearment. I never notice that when he talks about America or our troops.
I know, I probably am imagining it, but it still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
Oh jesus-freewheeling-christ, seriously? You have to be THAT partisan? That is extremely sad and I feel very sorry for you if that is your outlook.Let me tell you what has really creeped me out before. Whenever Obama would say Tal i ban it sounded like a term of endearment. I never notice that when he talks about America or our troops.
Gee, what tipped you off?I know, I probably am imagining it
Oh jesus-freewheeling-christ, seriously? You have to be THAT partisan? That is extremely sad and I feel very sorry for you if that is your outlook.
Gee, what tipped you off?
No, you weren't. And you damn well know it.I was just being honest.
No, you weren't. And you damn well know it.
What do you have against me besides the fact I'm a Texas Conservative and you're a California Liberal?
I mean I know I live in a state that is pretty much thriving and you're state is bankrupt because of nutcase liberal ideas of regulations and high taxes but that seems like a stupid reason. What did I ever do to you?
Fixed your statement.What do you have against me besides the fact I'm a Texas Conservative and you're a Moderate Socialist?
Gee, I wonder.I mean I know I live in a state that is pretty much thriving and you're state is bankrupt because of nutcase liberal ideas of regulations and high taxes but that seems like a stupid reason. What did I ever do to you?
Doesnt matter either way. "Terrorist" is an absolutely meaningless word.
No, it's ****ing meaningless.To a few meaningless people, perhaps.
Thankfully, those with any degree of expertise in politics know what it means.
Let me tell you what has really creeped me out before. Whenever Obama would say Tal i ban it sounded like a term of endearment. I never notice that when he talks about America or our troops.
I know, I probably am imagining it, but it still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
To a few meaningless people, perhaps.
Thankfully, those with any degree of expertise in politics know what it means.
My guess is that it is purposeful. Excluding the Taliban from the list makes it easier for the U.S. to rationalize inviting the Taliban to participate in dialogue/negotiations/governance in Afghanistan.
You cannot make "peace" with a world-wide terrorist organization that uses barbaric methods of torture and execution to sway villagers.
Mr. President, the Taliban could care less about your ability to throw hoops, yack-yack with rich leftists in D.C. or your banal attempts at "diplomacy." The Taliban sees YOU as an infidel ... the same way he views America, the West and Israel. Your "Hussein" middle name simply infuriates them as you are a turncoat to Islam. [ Mr. Obama is neither Muslim or Christian, but is an unbeleiver ].
The Taliban must simply be *killed*. *Dead.* This means killing as many as possible on any given day.
Islamofascism, like Nazism, cannot be dealt with diplomatically, only from the end of an M-16 weilded by an expertly trained infantryman.
How is it that the Taliban are left off? Simply oversight or is it purposeful?
Here's the State Department list released Aug 5th.
Country Reports on Terrorism 2009 Chapter 6. Terrorist Organizations
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