Punch on: Open thread 15/02/10

T.Chong says:

06:20am | 13/02/10

Amazing , those Afghan tribal people, from brave freedom fighters to world endangering terrorists, all in the blink of the pentagons eye.

stephen says:

01:15pm | 13/02/10

I have sympathy too for the Afghanies, T.Chong.
Now read up on the history of the taliban.

Shane From Melbourne says:

06:04pm | 13/02/10

Afghanistan- the graveyard of Empires….

Lindsay says:

11:25pm | 13/02/10

T Chong, you are a goose.

The mujahideen who fought against Soviet troops fell into civil war following their victory. They were then decimated by the Taliban and reorganised into the Northern Alliance. In turn the NA - assisted by coalition airpower and advisors - played a major role in defeating the Taliban in 2001/02.

Were the mujahideen religious? Yes. Were they innocents? No. But the attackers on 11 Sep 01 were Al-Qadea personnel, supported in Afghanistan by the Taliban. The mujahideen weren’t involved.

But hey - don’t let me stop your anti-US rant.

Max Power says:

08:18am | 14/02/10

They still are brave freedom fighters. The Northern Alliance have been battling the Taliban for years in an effort to restore freedom to Afgahnistan. The Taliban are terrorists, not just in the Pentagons eyes but the whole worlds. Blowing up markets full of civilians, blowing up schools, hospitals and any other building they choose is terrorism. Housing other terrorists so that they can train and plan major terrorist attacks against other countries makes them terrorists.
T.Chong you are an absolute wanker!