she loses would be replaced by another woman, namely carly fee carly fee regnaw. perhaps the red icon gretional correspondent can shed some light. weep keep your ear to the ground. bernadette, isn t the bottom line, usa today is saying women shouldn t be in politics? i don t think it is the year women were setback. the year women were setback was the year bravo s women s series was put on the air. i watch the crap. it is a terrible show. they will have the first transvestite on it and i am excited.
of the insurgency is indeed local brothers. there are some other ethic groups involved and some transnational elements as well but it s an insurgency and they are candidates for reintegration into afghan society and that is starting to happen a bit more over time and we re still awaiting the fairly imminent announcement we think of the actual reintegration and reconciliation policy. again, we think that is going to move forward and that s what you want to have happen. now, what it also highlights is the intimidation that the taliban has been able to carry out and that s a factor of us having to provide better security. isn t the bottom line that if the afghan people trusted their own government they would defeat the taliban on their own and the fact is they don t yet trust
local brothers. there are some other ethic groups involved and some transnational elements as well but it s an insurgency and they are candidates for reintegration into afghan society and that is starting to happen a bit more over time and we re still awaiting the fairly imminent announcement we think of the actual reintegration and reconciliation policy. again, we think that is going to move forward and that s what you want to have happen. now, what it also highlights is the intimidation that the taliban has been able to carry out and that s a factor of us having to provide better security. isn t the bottom line that if the afghan people trusted their own government they would defeat the taliban on their own and the fact is they don t yet trust their government. well, government s first
nose was cut off her face. a reminder of what taliban rule was. how often do you think about that as there s the prospect of the taliban returning and reconciling becoming a part of this country s future? we think about it all of the time. we think about it in the human context which that photograph so visibly represented and horrifically represented and we think about it when it comes to our core objective. the fact is, it was the taliban that allowed al qaeda to establish its bases and sanctuaries in afghanistan when it controlled a good bit of the country. and that gives big pause needless to say and that s why again this insurgency has to be combatted. the bottom line question that i ve been thinking about asking you is if we win in afghanistan what do we win? if we lose, what do we lose? well, the latter is almost easier because if you lose, it has, i think, some significant repercussions not just for this
it is paschtun brothers. it is largely a pashtun brothers. there are some other ethic groups involved and some transnational elements as well but it s an a pashtun insurgency and they are candidates for reintegration into afghan society and that is starting to happen a bit more over time and we re still awaiting the fairly imminent announcement we think of the actual reintegration and reconciliation policy. again, we think that is going to move forward and that s what you want to have happen. now, what it also highlights is the intimidation that the taliban has been able to carry out and that s a factor of us having to provide better security. isn t the bottom line that if the afghan people trusted their own government they would defeat the taliban on their own and the fact is they don t yet trust their government? well, government s first responsibility of course is to