There was a major blow to the Taliban with the arrests of three senior leaders in Pakistan, including the number-two Afghan Taliban official. While this was a victory for U.S. and Pakistani intelligence, it was also a reminder of how the Taliban have used Pakistan as a base.
In our weekly roundtable, we also look at the big offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and what’s likely to be achieved.
Joining Daljit Dhaliwal are Gideon Rose, managing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine, and Susan Chira, foreign editor of The New York Times.
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02/22/2010 :: 08:40:23 AM
Neolithici Cave Painter Says:
Many neo-conservatives voice their venom. What would be their comments if Sarah Palin was the current vice-president and we were in a global depression? Obama has shifted too far to the right! The war of revenge for 9/11 is not going well, partly because revenge is a bad reason to go to war. We Christians in the USA can never understand the Palestine situation (INJUSTICE), nor the narrow geo/socio-sentiments in the Moslem world that assure they will get us off “their land”. The sooner we see that this is humanity’s land - the better! Cardinal human valuse are lost to us.