glynch, you never cease to amaze me. This world you live in - where everything can always be solved with negotiation, and everyone is your friend - must be a nice one to live in... Pakistan is: 1) giving food to the Taliban, which will extend the war; 2) giving ammo to the Taliban; 3) requesting that we not allow the NA to take Kabul, and the war cannot be won while the Taliban holds Kabul; 4) shielding Osama and Omar from us (not telling us where they are); and 5) allowing Pakistanis and others to cross the border and reinforce the Taliban. They also created the Taliban - I thought I already told you that? Do these sound like the actions of a true ally? That is another lie (where do you come up with these?). Show me one instance where a relief convoy was hindered by a US bombing run. The only accident we've had that could injure the aid effort would be the bombing of the Red Cross building, and while I'm sure you'd like to argue that it was done on purpose, everyone with a brain knows that was an isolated accident. Because the Taliban is in control in the south, moron. Do I need to explain this to you again? (sigh) The Taliban is intercepting and looting all aid shipments (including air drops) they come in contact with. Anything sent into a Taliban-controlled area will feed the Taliban, not the starving Afghans it is intended to reach. It is not that difficult a concept to grasp, glynch.
Since glynch apparently does not understand how dropping food into Taliban-controlled territory would fail to benefit any starving civilians, here is a scenario to illustrate how this would work: Ismail the goatherder is tending his goats one day when he sees something strange fall from the sky. Investigating, he comes across a strange bundle of mysterious packages in a mountain pass outside of his village. He does not know what the strange packages hold, but when he sees the picture of the stick figure eating something he makes the connection. He opens a package, and to his great surprise finds food! Ecstatic, he runs back to the village to tell everyone of this miracle. Within minutes of his telling the village elders of the miracle, the local Taliban commander Khan hears of it and tells his chief aide to go get the 4-Runner. As the whole village runs out to get the gift from God in the mountain pass, Khan and his troops swoop ahead of the crowd in their SUV. They get there first. Upon seeing the food drop, Khan lets out a “Praise Allah! Allah is great! And praise the American devils!” His aid turns to him and says “God truly is great! I was wondering what we were going to eat this winter.” When Ismail arrives to see the Taliban loading the food into the SUV, he walks up to Khan and asks “You are bringing the food back to the village for us?” Khan replies “For us, old man.” Ismail, not comprehending, says “But surely this miracle from God was intended for all of us?” Khan, raising his rifle and pulling his trigger, introduces Ismail’s brain to the rocks behind him. “Does anyone else think we should share this food?” he asks the crowd. No one says anything, and the villagers begin to wander back to the village, hoping they will be able to forget the day that food fell from the sky.
