Comments on: A Taliban Propaganda Coup http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/27/a-taliban-propaganda-coup/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kevin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/27/a-taliban-propaganda-coup/#comment-14048 Kevin Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:22:12 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/27/a-taliban-propaganda-coup/#comment-14048 Doug, We've been handing the Taliban propaganda coups since 9/11. Why is this no different? Doug,

We’ve been handing the Taliban propaganda coups since 9/11. Why is this no different?

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/27/a-taliban-propaganda-coup/#comment-14046 Doug Mataconis Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:12:42 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/27/a-taliban-propaganda-coup/#comment-14046 Mike, It may have been a small bomb, but it was detonated outside of the largest U.S. Base in the country when the Vice-President was there. Mike,

It may have been a small bomb, but it was detonated outside of the largest U.S. Base in the country when the Vice-President was there.

]]> By: mike http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/27/a-taliban-propaganda-coup/#comment-14044 mike Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:04:05 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/02/27/a-taliban-propaganda-coup/#comment-14044 Ugh. "Propaganda coup"? It's sad but true that this is how it is getting played in the media. They were able to blow up a bomb outside the gate...there was no security breach; the terrorists just got lucky enough to get close enough to the gate to kill some coalition forces. Attacks like these happen almost every day over in Iraq and Afghanistan. This time the bombers got lucky in that they managed to kill some coalition personnel. As for the diversion from Afghanistan, that country is largely under the NATO-led ISAF's control. It's indirectly a U.S. affair, in the sense that the U.S. is a member of NATO, but to argue that Iraq has somehow distracted us from Afghanistan is a bit of a red herring. The U.S. still has 8,000 non-ISAF troops (primarily) deployed in Eastern Afghanistan, helping to train the ANA and hunt down al-Q operatives and the like. The larger issue is not of how many troops the U.S. can send, but of whether or not all of NATO is going to step up to the plate. It's an important issue, obviously, but not really directly related to Iraq. See here (follow the links) for some of my writing on the subject: http://noangst.blogspot.com/2007/02/britain-expands-nato-commitment.html Ugh. “Propaganda coup”? It’s sad but true that this is how it is getting played in the media. They were able to blow up a bomb outside the gate…there was no security breach; the terrorists just got lucky enough to get close enough to the gate to kill some coalition forces. Attacks like these happen almost every day over in Iraq and Afghanistan. This time the bombers got lucky in that they managed to kill some coalition personnel.

As for the diversion from Afghanistan, that country is largely under the NATO-led ISAF’s control. It’s indirectly a U.S. affair, in the sense that the U.S. is a member of NATO, but to argue that Iraq has somehow distracted us from Afghanistan is a bit of a red herring. The U.S. still has 8,000 non-ISAF troops (primarily) deployed in Eastern Afghanistan, helping to train the ANA and hunt down al-Q operatives and the like.

The larger issue is not of how many troops the U.S. can send, but of whether or not all of NATO is going to step up to the plate. It’s an important issue, obviously, but not really directly related to Iraq.

See here (follow the links) for some of my writing on the subject: http://noangst.blogspot.com/2007/02/britain-expands-nato-commitment.html

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