AFGHANISTAN — BIG TALIBAN, LITTLE TALIBAN AND A NEW DIRECTION: Tim Lynch

Tim Lynch
Maj USMC (ret)
Freerangeinternational.com

 

What is the “Big Taliban”?  What is the “Little Taliban?”  Where do the Taliban derive their legitimacy from in areas the Afghan people are sympathetic to the Taliban?  Does the President’s new direction for the war in Afghanistan point the nation in a better direction relative to achieving a positive outcome there?