Something For Taliban Jack And His Ilk To consider...

Terry Glavin: Even the crackpots are beginning to notice

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Terry Glavin  July 23, 2010 – 10:01 am

Cpl Keith Wazny / DND

Canadian troops at attention for departure of Sapper Brian J. Collier, who was killed in a Improvised Explosive Device (IED) while on a foot patrol in Nakhoney south of Kandahar on 20 June 2010. He was the 17th combat engineer and 151st Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan. 

For the very first time, something approaching a point of agreement: The Taliban have denounced this week’s international conference on Afghanistan’s future, saying the “vague and terrible agenda” shows that the U.S. and its allies intend to abandon the country and blame their ultimate defeat on the Afghan government.
To wit:
I. Barack Obama, apparently frustrated at the way the war is going, has reminded his national security advisers that while he was on the election campaign trail in 2008, he had advocated talking to America’s enemies.
II. The US Treasury Department has added three top Haqqani Network and Taliban leaders to the list of designated terrorists for their support of terror groups in Afghanistan. Read More »