tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439013386414903935.post2474373957105084040..comments2024-03-23T20:56:40.825+00:00Comments on A Blog on the Landscape!: A book reviewAlanRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439013386414903935.post-79605885399112858452012-04-11T20:15:05.216+01:002012-04-11T20:15:05.216+01:00You will certainly be aware of why we shouldn'...You will certainly be aware of why we shouldn't negotiate with the Taliban better than I.<br />If we do negotiate with them as a means to pull out then everything that's happened over the years will be meaningless and a waste of life.<br />Although i gather from the book that the average local doesn't really want the joint forces there, they do realise that it would be worse if they were to pull out leaving the country with Taliban law.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439013386414903935.post-40553174468819798912012-04-11T20:06:17.705+01:002012-04-11T20:06:17.705+01:00Sometimes you find a book that you just cannot put...Sometimes you find a book that you just cannot put down. Like The Last Wolf you put me onto last year. They both opened my mind to a reality that i hadn't considered before.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439013386414903935.post-81703970936089183642012-04-11T19:57:32.331+01:002012-04-11T19:57:32.331+01:00sounds like a interesting read. Having worked wit...sounds like a interesting read. Having worked with people from this area and iraq for the last half dozen years I can only say its complicated and that most of them would agree with you, and also with the argument that we shouldn't be there. I'm not sure any of our previous invasions of AFG were neccessarily to protect the people from themselves either. Its usually about resources and not people. But I'm glad she's in the running. Incidently our forces have been working/negotiating with local Tabil leaders on the ground for some time. Its a bloody mess.selfpoweredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10690224905896399570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439013386414903935.post-75849474250936525422012-04-11T17:48:51.469+01:002012-04-11T17:48:51.469+01:00I tend to agree with you Alan - we mustn't for...I tend to agree with you Alan - we mustn't forget what's at stake here - although like you I've often found myself shouting at the radio: 'bring the troops home'. Must read this book when I get through all the other books I've said I 'must read' this year, although I could push this one up the list.afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.com