The Taliban is Dead. Long Live the Taliban!

Bush certainly talks tough on terror. Too bad he can't back it up with results.

As ripped from Daily Kos's georgia10...

George Bush from 9/27/2004:

"In a different kind of war, we had to recognize that we're not facing a nation; we're facing a group of people who have adopted an ideology of hatred and love to find places where they can hide. They're like parasites. They kind of leech on to a host and hope the host weakens over time so they can eventually become the host. That's why I said to the Taliban in Afghanistan: Get rid of al Qaeda; see, you're harboring al Qaeda. Remember this is a place where they trained -- al Qaeda trained thousands of people in Afghanistan. And the Taliban, I guess, just didn't believe me. And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence."

As reported from the AP, yesterday:

"KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Forty-one Taliban fighters and six Afghan policemen were killed in a fierce battle in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said on Saturday. [...]

Afghanistan has seen a surge in attacks on Afghan and foreign forces since the Taliban announced last month they had launched a spring offensive. [...]

Friday's battle comes amid weeks of rising violence by Taliban, fighting Afghan government and foreign forces since U.S.-led troops overthrew their Kabul administration in 2001... Despite the increased fighting, the U.S. army plans to cut its 19,000-strong force in Afghanistan to 16,500 this year."

Ask the families of the 141 dead soldiers in Afghanistan if they think the Taliban no longer exists.