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On CBS, the senator from Wisconsin said the following:
And the idea that the Taliban is the same as al Qaeda, and they’re going to welcome al Qaeda back with open arms into Afghanistan is questionable. I understand they let them come there earlier. The– the al Qaeda came with lots of ...
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Afghanistan in the Caucus Room: Levin Slams Cheney
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... in 2006 was Mullah Dadullah, a thuggish but effective commander who was quite upfront about his close links to Al Qaeda. "Osama bin Laden, thank God, is alive and in good health," he told CBS in December 2006. "We are in contact with his top aides and sharing plans and operations with each other."Feingold may not carry a lot of weight in foreign policy circles, but I think his comments say a lot about the opposition of the liberal base to the war in Afghanistan. Cross-posted at Conventional Folly ...
Feingold’s fantasy
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... a thuggish but effective commander who was quite upfront about his close links to Al Qaeda. “Osama bin Laden, thank God, is alive and in good health,” he told CBS in December 2006. “We are in contact with his top aides and sharing plans and operations with each other.”
Feingold may not carry a lot of weight in foreign policy circles, but I think his comments say a lot about the opposition of the liberal base to the war in Afghanistan.
Cross-posted at Conventional Folly
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