AP sources: Taliban leader sent letter to Obama

[denverbill]

http://www.9news.com/news/article/246854/188/AP-sources-Taliban-leader-sent-letter-to-Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - Current and former U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last year indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan.

The previously undisclosed communication was considered authentic by people who saw it, but skeptical administration officials say they cannot determine if it actually came from Omar.

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To the right, I'm sure more proof that 'Hussein the Muslim is trying to impose Shariah law on America'.

Anyway, I thought this was interesting.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That IS interesting.

Let's talk. Talking beats shooting, any day.

Shariah law, sure...........

[csziggy]

13. We don't need Sharia law - the right wing fundies have their own version

That is just as restrictive - for women, at least.

It looks more and more like The Handmaid's Tale every day in this country.

[gateley]

2. Dear President Obama --

UNCLE!

[WheelWalker]

3. +1

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. I'm from the middle east, you're from Kenya

we're almost homies, bro!

can you put a chill pill in those drone jockeys? They harsh my mellow.

Thkx and salaam

T. Ali. Ban

[gateley]

17. Bwah! nt

[dipsydoodle]

4. Its not Valentines Day until the 14th

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[Drale]

5. Stupid question but how does the Taliban send a letter?

Through the US postal Service?

[dipsydoodle]

7. Foreign Legion

if its a French letter.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. No, through the Afghanistan postal service. First established in 1870.

[Posteritatis]

12. Strangely enough, there's other postal services on the planet. (nt)

[Pab Sungenis]

16. Probably through a third party.

Sending a letter through the Swiss Embassy, for example. Or a neutral Arab or Muslim country.

[pinto]

6. Afghans for Afghans. However fractured or historically tribal they may be. It's theirs to make of it

what they will, imo. I wish them well. Yet, it's time we come home.

The "primary objective" of our military action has been accomplished. I welcome talks with any and all involved parties as we disengage from the day-to-day situations.

And I'd support on-going basic humanitarian aid to the country. I'd rather we flood the region with food than with arms.

[denverbill]

8. We spent about 15 years and 50000 American lives in Vietnam.

Then we withdrew, and the Communists took over.

Now, we have trade deals with them and everything seems to be just hunky-dory.

Why did we waste 50000 Americans and probably 1,000,000 Vietnamese?

[pinto]

10. Agree with your question. And the hindsight is interesting, no?

(aside) I'm from the Viet Nam war era, knew a few of the lost. Good guys stuck in a bad situation.

[denverbill]

14. I was born in the late 50's.

I remember getting my Weekly Reader in 2nd grade and reading about our brave fight against the Commie invaders. I really thought we were doing the right thing 'saving South Vietnam from the commies.' Then came news about My Lai, and Daniel Ellsberg. Until then, I really thought I could trust the US government. It was a real wake-up call.

I agree about the men who fought. They were no different from the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan, except I guess that most were draftees back then. Good men, mostly, just like today. 50000 dead and how many wounded or psychologically scarred.

And now we trade with the 'enemy' who 'had' to be stopped.

[pinto]

15. Born in '52. I fully trust our system of government. Implementation is another issue.

It was largely a draftee military. And a job choice for many others.

[3waygeek]

18. This is pretty significant...

it means that the Taliban are more willing to talk to Obama than the Republicans are.