The new government in Australia is making a big splash. Oh yeah, first they decide to pull out all troops from Iraq in 2008 and now, they have declared that the Afghanistan War against the Taliban is failing and that the Coalition has to reach out to "moderate" Taliban and seek a peaceful solution.
Yeah, you read that right.
First off, when you can find a "moderate" Taliban, let me know because that will rank up there with a Pink Elephant with Wings. This Aussie government is turning out to make Chirac's French government look like a amored division!
Perhaps the new Defense Minister of Australia would like to review the negotiations held with the Taliban in the past - South Korea and Italy ring a bell?
The Taliban don't want negotiated peace, chump. They want Afghanistan back under their rule like before and it's idiots like this guy that will hand it back to them.
Here's the full story of B.S.
Yeah, you read that right.
First off, when you can find a "moderate" Taliban, let me know because that will rank up there with a Pink Elephant with Wings. This Aussie government is turning out to make Chirac's French government look like a amored division!
Perhaps the new Defense Minister of Australia would like to review the negotiations held with the Taliban in the past - South Korea and Italy ring a bell?
The Taliban don't want negotiated peace, chump. They want Afghanistan back under their rule like before and it's idiots like this guy that will hand it back to them.
Here's the full story of B.S.
Allies losing Afghanistan war, Australian minister warns: report
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's new government has warned NATO and its allies they will lose the war against hardline Taliban forces in Afghanistan unless they urgently change tactics, a report said.
The country's new Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon issued the stark warning at a meeting in Edinburgh last week of eight nations engaged in the conflict, including the United States, The Australian newspaper said.
The coalition of NATO and allied forces engaged in the conflict since 2001 must overhaul military and civil programmes aimed at fostering stability in the troubled country if they are to win the conflict, he cautioned.
The minister's comments to the closed-door gathering were based on classified intelligence assessments prepared for the previous Australian government of John Howard which painted a bleak picture of the Afghan conflict.
"The previous government would have us believe that good progress is being made in Afghanistan. The reality is quite a different one," Fitzgibbon told The Australian after returning from the meeting in Britain.
"We are winning the battles and not the war, in my view. We have been very successful in clearing areas of the Taliban but it's having no real strategic effect," he said.
"We need much more than a military response," he said. "This is largely about winning the hearts and minds of the more moderate of the Taliban and other sections of the Afghan community," he said.
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