Democrats Assail Frist's Afghan Comments

[sabra]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/03/politics/p123531D49.DTL&type=politics

Democrats Assail Frist's Afghan Comments

Democrats accused Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of waving a white flag of surrender for saying the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and favoring bringing "people who call themselves Taliban" into the government.

Frist, who was traveling in Afghanistan, said Monday that Taliban fighters were too numerous and too popular to be defeated. "You need to bring them into a more transparent type of government," he said. "And if that's accomplished, we'll be successful."

The comments from the Tennessee Republican, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, come as President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have accused Democrats of being weak on national security and adhering to a policy of retreat.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the United States went to war in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban for its role with al-Qaida.

[jayfish]

1. I Think This Is The Wrong Tact And Might Come Off...

sounding hypocritical. I think that the correct point to be made is that if we hadn't gone to Iraq, We may have had a better outcome in Afghanistan.

Jay

[damntexdem]

2. Hmm, they could be in charge of Afghani airline security.

And then Dubya could contract with them to provide such security for the U.S.