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I think the Republicans resoundingly failed on this question during their last debate. Ron Paul was the only one who distinguished between the Taliban and Al Qaeda, noting that a) it was Al Qaeda that attacked us and b) the Taliban just want us out and do not have the means to attack us at home.
Romney wants us there forever, it sounds like. They're our enemy, how can you suggest we make peace with them?
"We only make peace with our enemies." GoT
I'm not suggesting a blanket withdrawal, I think there need to be conditions and they must be met and maintained. But taking peace off the table is just asinine.
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Yes get a few years of peace, leave, and then let them have the country
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No. They should make peace with us.
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You can only make peace with equals or those that threaten you. The Taliban is not our equal and does not threaten us.
I think we should establish diplomatic relations with them however.
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We should either pull out of the Middle East completely and let them have their wars or we should put the pedal to the medal and take out the "bad guys" and put in who we want.
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Altra_Shadowstalker posted:
Should we try to make peace with the Taliban?
WTF?
You make peace with those you intend to leave in charge after the troops come home. Are you suggesting we let the Taliban rule again??
Seriously?
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We should tell them that if they work and deal with terrorists like they did before we will return and then leave that horrible nation
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Taliban are good people, they just were never cuddled by their moms, cuddle a taliban today!
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Why are we in all these pointless wars? A war every ten or twenty years is pure crazy. The US cant afford it and it gains the US nothing. Stop this madness!
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cabbyman posted:
We should either pull out of the Middle East completely and let them have their wars or we should put the pedal to the medal and take out the "bad guys" and put in who we want.
Completely agreed.
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Do we have to declare war in order to declare peace?
If they stop doing things that warrant us killing them then peace will happen.
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__Bonk__ posted:
Why are we in all these pointless wars? A war every ten or twenty years is pure crazy. The US cant afford it and it gains the US nothing. Stop this madness!
It keeps the economic machine turning
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
If they stop doing things that warrant us killing them then peace will happen.
I'm pretty sure that's what 'they' have been saying for about 100 years now...
having said that - as to the OP, if the Taliban distance themselves officially from Omar, why not.
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I think some of you have very strange notions of peace. Let me rephrase the question:
Should the Afghanistan government and the coalition forces seek to destroy every last Taliban member in both Afghanistan and Pakistan as an end goal?
If so, how much time and how many American lives should we invest before we say enough? If not, where do we draw the line?
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If the afgan govt says they want to make peace with the taliban and work on a co-existance who the F#$% are we to say no and keep fighting...
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Yes 50 Light side force points but your companion's affection -1.
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We were great business partners before 9/11. The Taliban were honored guests of the Bushes in Texas when they came to discuss a pipeline through Afghanistan back in 2000. Of course, after they said no we went to war with their country and ended up getting the pipeline that we wanted anyway, so there is no reason we can't go back to that previous business partnership.
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Afghanistan is the largest producer of opium in the world
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Hard to see what we are accomplishing over there anymore. Thats usually a good time to stop killing people.
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Putting the Taliban back in charge would be the icing on the cake for the past decade of fail. Seriously?
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Not killing someone is not the same as putting them in charge. HTH 
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The word is PIECE, idiot - not PEACE!
Or better yet, PIECES!
Glass Covered Pieces!
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