Procurement of weapons has never been a problem for the Taliban. While many weapons are smuggled to the Taliban from Iran, China and other black market sources, the Taliban may be cultivating a new source – Russia. One wonders if Omar and his cohorts are reminding the Russians of the American aid to the Afghan Mujahideen where the United States sent stinger missiles and rocket propelled grenades to Afghanistan, and how those munitions were vital in the defeat of the Russians in the Russian Afghanistan War of 1979-1989. And then Omar could say, “Want to get even?”
Whatever the Taliban’s evolving strategy, they won’t announce it on prime time national news and we’ll have to guess. It’s a pity that they don’t have to guess at our strategy.
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Jay Leno, on NBC’s Jay Leno Show last week: “A lot of criticism over Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu trading her vote on health care for $300 million. Glenn Beck called her a high-class prostitute. Rush Limbaugh called her the most expensive prostitute in the history of prostitutes, and Eliot Spitzer called and asked for her phone number.”
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