Afghan President Hamid Karzai 'plans talks with Taliban'

Platapus · 01-29-12, 08:17 PM

I am sure that some deal will be made. That's how things work in that neck of the woods.

jumpy · 01-29-12, 08:28 PM

^^

As distasteful as it may be to western ideals, it's a factor we have consistently failed to recognise in just about all of our military dealings in iraq and afghanistan.
I've said it before and I'll say it again; political and military leaders repeatedly underestimate the differences in culture and ideals, when expecting western modes of thinking to apply to the middle east.

01-29-12, 08:35 PM

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I am sure that some deal will be made. That's how things work in that neck of the woods.

By "that neck of the woods" do you mean "planet earth"?

01-29-12, 08:17 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,398 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am sure that some deal will be made. That's how things work in that neck of the woods. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-29-12, 08:28 PM	#2
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	^^ As distasteful as it may be to western ideals, it's a factor we have consistently failed to recognise in just about all of our military dealings in iraq and afghanistan. I've said it before and I'll say it again; political and military leaders repeatedly underestimate the differences in culture and ideals, when expecting western modes of thinking to apply to the middle east. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

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