Bush really wants us to believe the Taliban is a thing of the past…
“One other thing about this job that I have is that when you say something, you need to say it clearly so people will understand, and you better mean what you say. And I meant what I said, and the Taliban in Afghanistan found out exactly what we meant.”
…but reality keeps getting in the way.
U.S. forces have detained a former Taliban commander two months after praising him for backing the country’s new order, officials said. Ghulam Mohammed Hotak was seized in Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, on Saturday, said Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Zaher Mohammed Azimi. Mohammed, his brother and one of his nephews were detained “because they have links to the Taliban,” Azimi said.
Yes, this is the same Taliban that Bush insisted was “put out of business forever” last fall. He was mistaken.