Re: bo bo for US in Afghanistan: Anti-U.S. Riot Turns Deadly in Afghanistan
Zakk,
Occupation?
The US has maybe 14k troops there. Half are support or Civil affairs. The Syrians had more than that in tiny Lebanon for 25 years and nobody called that "occupation". And frankly we would be occupying NOTHING if it were not for OBL, and the Taliban sheltering him. This is simply part of the traditional Afghan "Spring Offensive". For the last 30 years the Afghans fight someone in the spring, when the Russians are not there, they fight themselves for a couple of decades. They like to fight.
Now about that fatwa to kill Americans. I consider that a declaration of war, from Islam on the United States. Please show me where ANY Islamic Cleric has recinded or retracted that Fatwa. Newsweek at least issues retractions.