“Korb was the Vice President of the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) from 1998-2002. He was also the CFR?s director of National Security Studies during that same period. From 1985-1986 he was Vice President of Corporate Operations at Raytheon. He was Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1981-1985 during the Reagan Administration. He was an advisor to Barack Obama when Obama was campaigning for president. He currently is a Senior Fellow at American Progress and a Senior Advisor to the Center for Defense Information.”
I’m curious, Headhunter. The article you linked mentions that the invasion of Afghanistan was planned months before September 11, and then the “false flag attack” was used as a pretext for invasion.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
I’m curious, Headhunter. The article you linked mentions that the invasion of Afghanistan was planned months before September 11, and then the “false flag attack” was used as a pretext for invasion.
Do you now think that’s how it happened?[/quote]
Wow, that’s a can of worms to open!
"BBC - American government told other governments about Afghan invasion IN JULY 2001.
US ‘planned attack on Taleban’
The wider objective was to oust the Taleban
By the BBC’s George Arney
A former Pakistani diplomat has told the BBC that the US was planning military action against Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban even before last week’s attacks. Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign Secretary, was told by senior American officials in mid-July that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October.
Mr Naik said US officials told him of the plan at a UN-sponsored international contact group on Afghanistan which took place in Berlin. Mr Naik told the BBC that at the meeting the US representatives told him that unless Bin Laden was handed over swiftly America would take military action to kill or capture both Bin Laden and the Taleban leader, Mullah Omar."
Then…
"MSNBC - Afghanistan war plans were on Bush’s desk on 9/9/2001
President Bush was expected to sign detailed plans for a worldwide war against al-Qaida two days before Sept. 11 but did not have the chance before the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, U.S. and foreign sources told NBC News. … The plan dealt with all aspects of a war against al-Qaida, ranging from diplomatic initiatives to military operations in Afghanistan, the sources said on condition of anonymity. [MSNBC]"
[quote]Beowolf wrote:
Taleban…?
Is it not Taliban? Or is the spelling not important?[/quote]
The word Taliban is a Pashto word, pronounced close to “TDHAA-lih-baan.” It’s formed from the Arabic word talib (“student”), but pluralized like a Farsi word by adding “-an”.
So it’s kind of a bastard word to begin with, and it’s only right that it should have a bastardized Anglicization. For the record, though, either “Taliban” or “Taleban” is considered correct.
And as an aside, do you know how to spell the name of the de facto leader of Libya and possible President of the United States of Africa? Here are some possibilities to choose from:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Beowolf wrote:
Taleban…?
Is it not Taliban? Or is the spelling not important?
The word Taliban is a Pashto word, pronounced close to “TDHAA-lih-baan.” It’s formed from the Arabic word talib (“student”), but pluralized like a Farsi word by adding “-an”.
So it’s kind of a bastard word to begin with, and it’s only right that it should have a bastardized Anglicization. For the record, though, either “Taliban” or “Taleban” is considered correct.
And as an aside, do you know how to spell the name of the de facto leader of Libya and possible President of the United States of Africa? Here are some possibilities to choose from:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Beowolf wrote:
Taleban…?
Is it not Taliban? Or is the spelling not important?
The word Taliban is a Pashto word, pronounced close to “TDHAA-lih-baan.” It’s formed from the Arabic word talib (“student”), but pluralized like a Farsi word by adding “-an”.
So it’s kind of a bastard word to begin with, and it’s only right that it should have a bastardized Anglicization. For the record, though, either “Taliban” or “Taleban” is considered correct.
And as an aside, do you know how to spell the name of the de facto leader of Libya and possible President of the United States of Africa? Here are some possibilities to choose from:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Beowolf wrote:
Taleban…?
Is it not Taliban? Or is the spelling not important?
The word Taliban is a Pashto word, pronounced close to “TDHAA-lih-baan.” It’s formed from the Arabic word talib (“student”), but pluralized like a Farsi word by adding “-an”.
So it’s kind of a bastard word to begin with, and it’s only right that it should have a bastardized Anglicization. For the record, though, either “Taliban” or “Taleban” is considered correct.
And as an aside, do you know how to spell the name of the de facto leader of Libya and possible President of the United States of Africa? Here are some possibilities to choose from:
Muammar Qaddafi…
[/quote]
“That changed in May, 1986, when he responded to a letter from some second-graders at Maxfield Magnet School in St. Paul, Minnesota. The colonel signed the letter in Arabic script, beneath which was typed “Moammar El-Gadhafi.” This was the first known indication of his own feelings on the subject, and the wire services and many newspapers promptly
announced they would switch.”
[quote]GDollars37 wrote:
Varqanir wrote:
Beowolf wrote:
Taleban…?
Is it not Taliban? Or is the spelling not important?
The word Taliban is a Pashto word, pronounced close to “TDHAA-lih-baan.” It’s formed from the Arabic word talib (“student”), but pluralized like a Farsi word by adding “-an”.
So it’s kind of a bastard word to begin with, and it’s only right that it should have a bastardized Anglicization. For the record, though, either “Taliban” or “Taleban” is considered correct.
And as an aside, do you know how to spell the name of the de facto leader of Libya and possible President of the United States of Africa? Here are some possibilities to choose from:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Beowolf wrote:
Taleban…?
Is it not Taliban? Or is the spelling not important?
The word Taliban is a Pashto word, pronounced close to “TDHAA-lih-baan.” It’s formed from the Arabic word talib (“student”), but pluralized like a Farsi word by adding “-an”.
So it’s kind of a bastard word to begin with, and it’s only right that it should have a bastardized Anglicization. For the record, though, either “Taliban” or “Taleban” is considered correct.
And as an aside, do you know how to spell the name of the de facto leader of Libya and possible President of the United States of Africa? Here are some possibilities to choose from:
