tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765254784941176688.post2648902822341490915..comments2023-10-10T10:32:57.162-05:00Comments on Ipse Blogit: Say WHAT, Senator Wicker? Maybe the Taliban are Better than Karzai?Jim Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13414789047570011778noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765254784941176688.post-77033060774065719862009-12-10T11:22:50.821-06:002009-12-10T11:22:50.821-06:00I don't know any more about this exchange than...I don't know any more about this exchange than what you read, Jim, but I didn't interpret Wicker's question as an endorsement of the Taliban. The point that (I think) he was making is that, by virtue of being able to present itself to rural Afghanis as the lesser of two evils, the Taliban has been able to generate a level of grassroots support that the Karzai government hasn't. That complicates U.S. efforts to root out Taliban remnants in rural areas.<br /><br />Wicker was (I think) just acknowledging, with a degree of candor that hasn't been employed often, that winning the hearts and minds of Afghanis is a complicated issue.blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704273075503774214noreply@blogger.com