> It seems to me Ben that they are fighting for themselves, to rid the country > of the Taliban, and a group of foreign invaders. From almost all accounts > the anti-Taliban forces consider the Al-Queda forces in Afghanistan to be > foreign occupiers of their country.
I don't dispute this at all. The Taliban from my understanding was a very oppresive regime. Benjamin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:29 AM Subject: RE: I'll never understand... > It seems to me Ben that they are fighting for themselves, to rid the country > of the Taliban, and a group of foreign invaders. From almost all accounts > the anti-Taliban forces consider the Al-Queda forces in Afghanistan to be > foreign occupiers of their country. > > BTW for your own education you may want to read this article on what it was > like to be held a prisoner of the Taliban. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52586-2001Dec16.html > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 12:26 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: I'll never understand... > > > > > > I don't think you do either with generalisations like that.... > > > > The solider has a point to quote: > > > > "If I die fighting an Arab, I'm an unholy martyr," explained > > Ghafar. "But if > > I kill an Arab in battle, he'll be a shahid, a holy martyr." > > > > "This is not a holy war," Ghafar continued. "We are > > supporting Americans and > > non-Muslims against Muslims." > > > > These people are fighting their own kind for the benefit of > > America. Bin > > Ladin might be a terrible person, but he still helps expel > > the Russians from > > this soldiers homeland. And expelling the russians was also > > victory for > > America. How do you think that would feel... put yourself in > > his shoes.... > > > > Benjamin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 3:16 AM > > Subject: I'll never understand... > > > > > > > I really don't get it... > > > > > > A group of people that will cut off a thief's hands, > > condone the murder of > > family members for adultery, etc... Yet, here's an > > > article that really makes me wonder: > > > > > > > > http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-warpray1216.s > tory?coll=ny%2 > Dtop%2Dheadlines > > > > I may be naive but I don't think I'll ever understand this way of > thinking... > > > > Howie > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
