manufacturing consent to "declare victory and run": wsj on Taliban 2.0 charm offensive. But remember Bamiyan and AI 804.

jan 29th, 2012 CE

this is part of obummer's "surge, bribe, declare victory and run like hell" strategy (with apologies to @chellaney).

this is the "declare victory" period, and the US media is colluding with the military-industrial complex in manufacturing consent to paint the Taliban once more as -- what was it that Reagan said,  the moral equivalent of the founding fathers, which i think is what he called the mujahideen fighting the soviets -- cuddly people "we can do business with".

but let's not forget Bamiyan. or the hijacked AI flight.

the Northern Alliance is still india's best bet in afghanistan. the tajiks have been our friends since day one. the taliban (aka ISI guys wearing black turbans) can never be india's, or the US's friend.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577177074111336352.html?KEYWORDS=taliban