Monday, April 12, 2004
Warlords...
...they always have the best interests of their fellow citizens at heart, which is why they are called WARLORDS.
WARLORD Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is making common cause with the deposed Taliban, calling for Afghanis to rise up against foreign occupiers in some kind of perverse competition with Iraq. Yes, I'm sure lots of Afghanis look back on the rule of the Taliban with longing.
Afghanistan already rules itself, and even has a constitution put together by representatives from all parts of Afghanistan. To be sure, pieces of the country are still a bit fractious, in no small part due to the efforts of WARLORDS like Hekmatyar. If I remember correctly, it was fighting among WARLORDS after the departure of the Soviet army that lead to the chaos within which the Taliban managed to prosper. WARLORDS care about one thing - their own power - and I expect that Hekmatyar misses the power he seems to think is his due.
Frankly, Hekmatyar might manage to get the western press to report his call, but I doubt he will find many fellow Afghanis rushing to his banner.
...they always have the best interests of their fellow citizens at heart, which is why they are called WARLORDS.
WARLORD Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is making common cause with the deposed Taliban, calling for Afghanis to rise up against foreign occupiers in some kind of perverse competition with Iraq. Yes, I'm sure lots of Afghanis look back on the rule of the Taliban with longing.
Afghanistan already rules itself, and even has a constitution put together by representatives from all parts of Afghanistan. To be sure, pieces of the country are still a bit fractious, in no small part due to the efforts of WARLORDS like Hekmatyar. If I remember correctly, it was fighting among WARLORDS after the departure of the Soviet army that lead to the chaos within which the Taliban managed to prosper. WARLORDS care about one thing - their own power - and I expect that Hekmatyar misses the power he seems to think is his due.
Frankly, Hekmatyar might manage to get the western press to report his call, but I doubt he will find many fellow Afghanis rushing to his banner.
