> > Hillary backs reconciliation talks with Taliban > > "if they are willing to abandon violence"
Hugo wrote: > It's causing a lot of confusion in the allied troops > fighting the Taliban too. We all rush out here to help > america and then 4 years later they start doing deals > without telling anyone! > That would be 'America' to you, Hugo, with a capital 'A'. "We pay for their military protection, we pay for the profits that develop the drugs and consumer goods they happily consume, and now we're supposed to pay for their economic bailout too. Europe could liberalize its markets, let in immigrants, develop a real military, instead of just critiquing the way we do it. We'll continue to let them free ride, because there's no way to stop it. But I'm starting to think we should rub it in a bit more." Read more: 'Europe Free Rides, Again' Posted by Megan McArdle The Atlantic, March 31, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/dhgvlv
