Oh, if only something like this had happened under Bush's watch....

[PaceAdvantage]

...the threads that would be going on here by now from the likes of hcap and all the others who have scattered to the four corners since Obama took over:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40327256/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times


Taliban leader in secret talks was impostor

'It's not him,' says Western diplomat, 'and we gave him a lot of money'

KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the repeated appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders in the Taliban movement.

But now, it turns out, Mr. Mansour was apparently not Mr. Mansour at all. In an episode that could have been lifted from a spy novel, United States and Afghan officials now say the Afghan man was an impostor, and high-level discussions conducted with the assistance of NATO appear to have achieved little.

~~read the rest at the above link~~

[JustRalph]

I find this incredible............. the military has got to be to blame for this.

I recognize that fact....I can't blame Obammy for this one..... but come on???? This Government wants to take over healthcare ? How will we know who the real doctors are? :bang:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/asia/23kabul.html?_r=1

Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Impostor
By DEXTER FILKINS and CARLOTTA GALL
Published: November 22, 2010

[PaceAdvantage]

I beat ya this time!

[johnhannibalsmith]

I find this incredible............. the military has got to be to blame for this.

I recognize that fact....I can't blame Obammy for this one..... but come on???? This Government wants to take over healthcare ? How will we know who the real doctors are? :bang:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/asia/23kabul.html?_r=1

Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Impostor
By DEXTER FILKINS and CARLOTTA GALL
Published: November 22, 2010

Please tell me that he was just some white dude in Nikes sporting a Don Johnson tanktop and despite their skepticism, senior officials felt that racial profiling could cause the caucasion man irreparable harm.

[boxcar]

I find this incredible............. the military has got to be to blame for this.

I recognize that fact....I can't blame Obammy for this one..... but come on???? This Government wants to take over healthcare ? How will we know who the real doctors are? :bang:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/asia/23kabul.html?_r=1

Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Impostor
By DEXTER FILKINS and CARLOTTA GALL
Published: November 22, 2010

Maybe the better question would be: Will we ever know who is sitting on the Death Panels (or was that the "advisory committees?). :D

Boxcar

[JustRalph]

I beat ya this time!

Touche"

[bigmack]

Negotiations were dicey at best. Three guys with towels on their heads walked in the room and said - "I am Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour"

Then the questioning began...

http://www.lacasapark.com/la/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/whats-my-line.jpg

[redshift1]

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wars-Afghanistan-Invasion-September/dp/1594200076



Interesting insight into the complexities of dealing with the culture and various political factions in Afghanistan. Add the changing American policy and continual shifting of personnel and you began to see how difficult It is to achieve any meaningful goals in the region.

[Tom]

Should have water-boarded him first, just to be sure.

[Tom]

Did this guy produce a birth certificate? :lol:
If he had tried to buy a 6 pack here, he would have been proofed.
Do we need to have the military draft a Piggly Wiggle Manager to head up intel?