Comments on: Taliban Shrugs Off Commander's Death

Spokesman Confirms Mullah Dadullah's Death, But Group Vows Jihad Will Be Uninhibited

[brianreid36]

This won't make any difference what so ever in the partisan war being waged in Afghanistan. These guys are a dime a dozen. Just as quickly as we kill them off, they are quickly replaced. We need to remember that these guys are not West Point Generals. They are regular Afghanistani civilians. And therefore, when they are killed by NATO forces, they are easily replaced. Taking out their so-called commanders/leaders will have very little effect on the eventual outcome of this Partisan War.

[toldyouso21]

Yes, I am glad that this evil man is dead. However, it is a violation of the Gineva convention to show photos of prisoners of war or casualties. Yes, just like it is wrong for Al-Jazera to show photos of dead Americans, it is also wrong for us to display photos of dead Taliban. The enemy has caused us to sink to their level. The enemy has won.
Posted by liberalameri at 10:09 AM : May 14, 2007


You must have missed the pictures of SAddam's murdered children displayed by the US after they were killed. Yep. All over TV in the ME. bet it made us lots of new friends and inspired lots to come and "greet" us in Iraq. It was depraved and tasteless--but we did it anyway. It was of Bush's (and America's) defining moments--one that no doubt many countries will talk about for decades to come. And BTW: Just so you know, Bush had our signature removed from the Geneva Conventions in May of 2005 and had himself granted immunity for war crimes and for violating FISA in 2006.

[toldyouso21]

"Mullah Dadullah Lang will most certainly be replaced in time, but the insurgency has received a serious blow," the NATO statement said. "

Given the results and reactions in Iraq following the deaths of Sadam, Zarqawi and others--we really should stop with this hollywood view of the war. You know, the one where the great White hunters kill the Indian or African chief and the rest of the tribe wails in surrender. It ain't happening, what is occurring is that when we kill a known leader or proclaimed "head" another morphs to take his place and even more factions splinter off to wreak havoc. This is like saying someone got the main site of cancer detroyed--only to find the rest has splintered off and metasticized all over the body. Since even the most benign splinter has the potential to destroy the body--there really is NO main site. Similarly there is no main person and probably no "serious blow" dealt to Al Qaeda or the Taliban. For that to be true, there would have to be one group that we are fighting, with one agenda, one set of strategies and a central command.

We are fighting a lot of different groups with different goal and affiliations and some with leaders we do not even know about. What we can know is that the death of this man will no odubt result in a power vacuum which may be filled by the group splintering with more leaders and objectives--who we do not yet know. More of the same--stop with the cheerleading ***********.

[drinuk]

Of course they will shrug off his death, life means nothing to them. As for Virgins in Hell, I seriously doubt that, all he will find down there are more of his own, all feeling cheated because they never got to meet Allah. What goes around comes around, these guys have not even begun to imagin what awaits them.

[nothappyatall]

"Mullah Dadullah Lang will most certainly be replaced in time, but the insurgency has received a serious blow," the NATO statement said. "

At least that's what NATO would LIKE to think- that they were dealt a "serious blow" LOL, the reality is these people are not fools- they don't put all their marbles in one basket, so taking out this guy and the media gloating and conjecture will have no effect other than to make them MORE likely to increase their actions if only to show they WER NOT affected.
I'm sure they already have someone who was chosen as a "just in case" much like our Vice President is a "just in case"

[neoconrcrazy]

One down, how many more to go ?

Bush abandoned Afghanistan for his war in Iraq. Now the Taliban ranks are swelling and their Al-Qaeda support is a "slam-dunk" -

if we weren't mired in iraq, maybe we do something to eradicte world terrorism....


good move, bushit

[missingamerica]

Different cultures...little impact.

[rushman71]

Mullah Dadullah Lang--Allah is very displeased with your actions. You will only recieve 5 virgins down in the depths of Hades.

[reel-crazy]

The true insanity of this wonderful event is the fact there are countless barbaric savages willing to take his place. I certainly hope each and every one of them end up the same way in the very near future.

It would be equally as rewarding if the fine journalists at Al Jazeera would show these moronic idiots some graphic video clips on their website of their deaths, too... in the name of Allah and fair journalism, of course.