The Taliban admit they are cowards:
Taliban leader: We won’t fight GIs ‘face-to-face’
Militants plan to wait out looming offensive disguised as civiliansKANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Taliban fighters plan to disguise themselves as civilians during a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan, a militant commander told NBC News.
Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area in Helmand province.
The U.S. military has not given a start date for the operation to clear insurgents from the town of Marjah, the biggest community in the south under insurgent control. But the military has said fighting will start soon and many residents weren’t taking any chances.
The militants, meanwhile, dug in for a fight, reinforcing their positions with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy weapons, according to witnesses.
‘We will shake their hands’
But a Taliban commander told NBC News’ Richard Engel that many insurgents would wait out the offensive.“What, they will walk down empty streets?” the militant leader asked. “They (U.S. and coalition troops) will come in and announce that they have conquered the area. We will let them come in. They are welcome.
“They will ask, ‘Are there any Taliban in the area?’ We will say, ‘Yes, but they have left’,” the Taliban leader added.
“We will not fight them face-to-face,” he said. “We will shake their hands, as civilians. Then they will leave.”
Lovely, isn’t it. And Obama will declare victory and pull out, just as they are telling him they want him to. this isn’t war. This is kabuki theater. I hope I am wrong, but obama’s performance to date gives me little reason to.
