Posted by: zanshin, 2009-02-23 01:44

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Date: 2009-02-17 (Tuesday)
"I am absolutely convinced that you cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region, solely through military means. ... We're going to have to use diplomacy. We're going to have to use development."
-- Barack Obama, President of the USA, in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp






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