Some of the sites I follow are suggesting that this may be the break-through we need for the Taliban in Afghanistan to break with Al Quaeda and get serious about negotiating a political settlement in Afghanistan so we can truly get out. From what they say there was more a personal relationship between Bin Laden and Mullah Omar, the head of the Taliban, and the Arab world has moved on in ten years. Their revolutions over there are not the making of Al Quaeda but brought about by the young people over there. It is a time of great turmoil in the Middle East and ten years down the road I think it will look considerably different than it does today, with or without our help.
In any event, I think we'd be better served if we got out of Afghanistan and Iraq and let them solve their problems. I also think Israel had better get serious about negotiating a peace settlement with the Palestinians because time marches on and the security concerns of Israel are going to get more serious. The United Nations is poised to recognize a Palestine state based on the 1967 borders that were originally set up after World War II by the United Nations and from what I'm reading it's going through the U.N. General Assembly and not the Security Council so the U.S. can't veto it and 99 percent of the world does not agree with us on Israel.
Now I have thrown out a bunch of stuff out there for you guys to chew on and read up on.
I agree with you! Hopefully the take down of Bin Laden will encourage Afghanistan to become a civilized country. Unfortunately, when one leader is killed, another steps up. The country is always going to be heavily populated with drugs and that is unfortunate considering that is much of the problem.
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