The U.S. military has been saying that the relentless pace of surgical drone strikes, Special Forces night raids, and conventional forces surge on the battlefield will force the Taliban to the negotiating table. In fact, it has been assisting in talks between a supposedly high-ranking Taliban official and the Karzai government - paying money, arranging for safe passage, and providing flights on aircraft. Now it seems that all are now embarrassed as they were getting scammed by a shop keeper from Pakistan. Hmmmmmm.
Read more in "Goodspeed Analysis: Fighting a faceless enemy", The National Post, November 27, 2010.
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