Fifth Anniversary of Taliban’s Fall in Afghanistan
Five years of freedom and counting, from DefenseLink:
Celebration filled the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, five years ago today as members of the Northern Alliance rolled into the city, driving the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies into hiding places in the south.
Newsreels showed Afghans reveling in the fall of the regime that had oppressed them since 1996. Afghan men shaved their beards, women abandoned their head-to-toe burqas, children flew kites, and people played music on the radio -- all activities forbidden under Taliban rule...
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld welcomed the successes in Afghanistan and acknowledged that they left the Taliban and al Qaeda forces with few choices. “If they reorganize in the south, we will go get them,” he said. “If they go to ground, …we will root them out. If they decide to flee, I doubt they will find peace wherever they select.”
Why did the Afghani so readily accept us? Because we came not as conquerers but liberators. Same goes for Iraq.
Celebration filled the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, five years ago today as members of the Northern Alliance rolled into the city, driving the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies into hiding places in the south.
Newsreels showed Afghans reveling in the fall of the regime that had oppressed them since 1996. Afghan men shaved their beards, women abandoned their head-to-toe burqas, children flew kites, and people played music on the radio -- all activities forbidden under Taliban rule...
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld welcomed the successes in Afghanistan and acknowledged that they left the Taliban and al Qaeda forces with few choices. “If they reorganize in the south, we will go get them,” he said. “If they go to ground, …we will root them out. If they decide to flee, I doubt they will find peace wherever they select.”
Why did the Afghani so readily accept us? Because we came not as conquerers but liberators. Same goes for Iraq.
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