and you idiots want the government running shit

taliban leader in peace talks was an imposter

For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders in the Taliban movement.

But now, it turns out, Mr. Mansour was apparently not Mr. Mansour at all. In an episode that could have been lifted from a spy novel, United States and Afghan officials now say the Afghan man was an impostor, and high-level discussions conducted with the assistance of NATO appear to have achieved little.

“It’s not him,” said a Western diplomat in Kabul intimately involved in the discussions. “And we gave him a lot of money.”

American officials confirmed Monday that they had given up hope that the Afghan was Mr. Mansour, or even a member of the Taliban leadership.

NATO and Afghan officials said they held three meetings with the man, who traveled from in Pakistan, where Taliban leaders have taken refuge.

wonder how much we paid him?
 
well golly gee barney, i'd say if it's not in the constitution, then maybe us private people ought to run it.

The Constitution says that private people should run wars?


Wow, I guess I was sick that day of Consitutional Law Class.
 
your op indicated you didn't want the government running anything...i misread then

no problem. don't pull a mott though and think that as a Libertarian, i'm also an anarchist. The government should only be able to run the bare minimum allowed by the constitution. This story in the OP shows yet one more screwup failure by them.
 
The Constitution says that private people should run wars?


Wow, I guess I was sick that day of Consitutional Law Class.

strawman.

the point of the OP is that even with it's constitutionally assigned powers, they fuck it up, so why on earth would people want them running things not in their purview?
 
Your argument is the equivelent of saying...

"Enron fucked up, and you want these people to take over government functions?"
 
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