WE DID BIZ WTH THE TALIBAN

[HairOfTheDog]

If you weren't kidding, then you were serious about thinking we should negotiate a deal, have the other side keep its end of the bargain, and then renege on our commitments and fuck over an ally in the process? That's the comment I was addressing and what you said -- it had nothing to do with future oil channels and breaking our dependence on Middle Eastern imports.

I think the thought process around your original comment is incredibly juvenile and short-sighted -- what you would have liked to see the US do would have hurt us a whole lot more in global relations than those 5 Taliban prisoners are worth, IMO.

And, I do believe that such a pussy move would jeopardize relations with our allies -- it would demonstrate on the global stage a complete lack of integrity, which I think would/should cause other world leaders major concern in terms of future US engagements (not to mention that such a move would quite likely provoke more terrorist outbreaks and re-invigorate Taliban support).

Sorry for presuming that you were kidding, Kid. I shouldn't have presumed that -- I guess I should have just hoped that you were kidding.

But, hey, neither of us is calling the shots on this shit, so...