Regardless they are the enemy of freedom. Take their side and you will find yourself unable to post ignorant comments like the one you just left. Oh by the way if we bombed them for the oil why am I paying out the butt to fill up my car?

1. Pakistan isn’t technically part of “the Middle East” - it’s part of the Indian Subcontinent which links Asia with the Middle East.

2. Thank the CIA for the Taliban’s existence. This militant Islamic fundamentalist group was the brainchild of George H.W. Bush when he was head of the CIA in the mid-1970s. Washington funded and trained the early batches of Taliban so they could give the Russians a rough time… and they did, to the extent the Russians packed up and left Afghanistan. The Taliban are tough, way tougher than the CIA, Navy Seals, Blackwater mercenaries or any western fighting force - because these people have nothing except their fervent religious beliefs. Take my word for it: the Taliban will wear down the NATO forces in Afghanistan till they succeed in reclaiming their country. I’m not enamored of the Taliban by any means - but once Afghanistan is back in Afghani hands, the people there will have to decide what sort of government they want. The only reason America and NATO are in Afghanistan isn’t to “liberate” the Afghanis from medieval warlords (in fact the US appointed these warlords as their political stooges) - no, America bombed Afghanistan and chased out the Taliban in order to secure an oil pipeline for Unocal.

3. America is no longer the center of the universe.

I was interviewd by the Pakistan Spectator yesterday, here’s the link. The interview is below the fold.

Interview with Blogger Ed Gruberman
By The Pakistani Spectator • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Interviews • (3,431 views) • No Respons…