tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post2085191400636633977..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: How long will Canada put up with this?Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-84399144846346966942007-05-09T09:41:00.000-07:002007-05-09T09:41:00.000-07:00Thanks Holly!.Thanks Holly!<BR/><BR/>.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-88371484239569522832007-05-08T03:55:00.000-07:002007-05-08T03:55:00.000-07:00I think you've nailed Margolis's strengths, Alison...I think you've nailed Margolis's strengths, Alison, and I'm all in favour of what he does. It still amazes me that there's someone publishing in the msm who is speaking so forthrightly, and I know he knows what he's talking about (and is proud of remaining among the reality-based). <BR/><BR/>Both Northern Alliance and Taliban are terms that I've lost touch with, though. They made sense when there was a hot war (which may happen again), but right now I see the factionalism and corruption you'd expect from a client regime that is sort of secure for the time being. It's horribly frustrating. And I gotta catch up with Arthur Kent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-40834006855738620652007-05-08T01:12:00.000-07:002007-05-08T01:12:00.000-07:00Hey, Scout, I've actually seen this one. Now let's...Hey, Scout, I've actually seen this one. Now let's see if it sticks ;-)Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-34615266081837887282007-05-08T01:08:00.000-07:002007-05-08T01:08:00.000-07:00Holly : Many thanks for all the links and the time...Holly : Many thanks for all the links and the time you took to post them, especially Sky Reporter.<BR/><BR/>The Northern Alliance is what the western media is pleased to call the United Islamic Front, a name someone no doubt decided westerners would find unpalatable as an ally.<BR/> <BR/>Margolis is giving a short easily- grasped history lesson here to counteract the Con message about painting schools and crap like how giving up now would dishonor those troops who already died.<BR/>He is so obviously rubbing noses in it here - Neener, neener, you're backing the commies! - but I think there is a need for simple rhetoric like this in the MSM to start people questioning the Con message. Whether this one is actually misleadingly simple I leave to Skdadl.<BR/><BR/>As far as I know the UIF really is "communist-dominated", to use Margolis' phrase, his omission of Hazara, Tajiks and Uzbeks notwithstanding. The DNS is definitely so. <BR/><BR/>Another great resource you may already know:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.rawa.org/index.php" REL="nofollow">RAWA</A>, the Revolutionary Afghan Womens Association <BR/>They start schools, run medical clinics, search for missing women, and strive for secular democracy, the rights of women and children, and universal disarmament. They oppose both the Taliban and the Northern Alliance, who they want out of the government and charged with war crimes.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-34471577844140650362007-05-08T00:54:00.000-07:002007-05-08T00:54:00.000-07:00oh come on now, alison, i mean, the canadian milit...oh come on now, alison, i mean, the canadian military needs a beating ground .....bosnia is done with so no more heads to put on posts around camp. <BR/><BR/>this poppy and pipeline bit....can't we have some of the fun everyone else is getting?<BR/><BR/>besides....karzai's such a good dresser....dapper in his puppet parage.<BR/><BR/>personally, i'd like to know exactly how the atlantic ocean meets up with afghanistan.....a deep well or cavern i suppose. yes, that's it, an underground aquifer, qualifying nato to be there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-75174459241942626722007-05-07T18:11:00.000-07:002007-05-07T18:11:00.000-07:00In lieu of a post, here are some discussions about...In lieu of a post, here are some discussions about Afghanistan:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.pogge.ca/archives/001563.shtml" REL="nofollow">at POGGE</A>;<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.breadnroses.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20435&start=0" REL="nofollow">at Bread and Roses</A> where skdadl says Margolis oversimplifies and the Northern Alliance were not all communists. I defer to her greater knowledge of this area.<BR/><BR/>Your reference to Malalai Joya inspired me to find <A HREF="http://www.malalaijoya.com/index800.htm" REL="nofollow">this website which has a number of her speeches on it</A><BR/><BR/>Then there is <A HREF="http://www.skyreporter.com/" REL="nofollow">Arthur Kent's website, largely about Afghanistan, with discussions;</A> the current concern being with Afghan government attacks on media freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-65453562264487616222007-05-07T16:52:00.000-07:002007-05-07T16:52:00.000-07:00What the Anon-O-Mouse said.(and am eagerly awaitin...What the Anon-O-Mouse said.<BR/><BR/>(and am eagerly awaiting those posts from H. Stick)RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-72866389934841553372007-05-07T10:18:00.000-07:002007-05-07T10:18:00.000-07:00Go, Alison!And thank you once again, Holly Stick.Go, Alison!<BR/>And thank you once again, Holly Stick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com