Newsweek and the Taliban

Don't ask me why an American news magazine is giving legitimacy to this terrorist indoctrination but here we have it. Latest issue of Newsweek highlights an interview with the head of the Taliban resisting the "American insurgency" in Afghanistan.

"Newsweek hand-delievered a list of questions for Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar to a senior Taliban source." Within days, they asked for an e-mail copy of the questions. A few weeks later, there was an e-mail response, snippets of which Newsweek wrote in an article.

They asked the Taliban hard hitting questions like (paraphrase) "How do you think the American troops are holding up in Afghanistan?" "Are you experiencing a lot of losses?" and other softballs allowing whoever is making their garbage up to respond with variations of "We're strong and Americans are weak" blah blah propaganda. If you can read it for free, pick it up, don't buy Newsweek because it's not worth it. I'd post a link if I could find it online but alas, I cannot. Did find this though: http://www.newsweek.com/id/216235 . "Taliban in their Own Words".

"After eight long years of war in Afghanistan, however, America and its allies can ill afford not to understand who the enemy is and why they fight. To put together this remarkable oral history, told through the words of the Taliban themselves, NEWSWEEK turned to contributing correspondent Sami Yousafzai, who has been covering the conflict for the magazine since 2001. Over that time he has developed and maintained contact with dozens of Afghan insurgents, including the six whose stories are told here." Oh, so it's because Newsweek cares about defeating our enemies!!! Woah, never would have guessed.

~CM