>Tom,
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The military status of the Afghan detainees has been defined. They are not a part of a legal military organization. What we should do is take all the drug dealers here and in other countries and place them with the Afghan detainees. Then throw away the key!>
>I agree with the part of
"What we should do is take all the drug dealers here and in other countries and place them with the Afghan detainees. Then throw away the key!".
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>But if
"They are not a part of a legal military organization.", why did you support them in their war against USSR?
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>Fernando
Fernando;
Your facts and mine are apparently different. The Afghan detainees I refered to are Taliban.
1. The Taliban was first formed in 1994
2. Russia left in 1989
3. The United States has not supported the Taliban.
One reference:
http://www.afghan-info.com/TALIBAN.HTMTom