Huh! Next thing, Obama will be inviting future Jihadis to the Oval Office! Oh, wait . . .

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19. And don't forget bush/cheney's meeting with the Taliban just four or five months before 9/11.

Promising them - what was it? We promise you "a carpet of gold," versus "a carpet of bombs"

Until now, says the book, ''the oil and gas reserves of Central Asia have been controlled by Russia. The Bush government wanted to change all that''.

But, confronted with Taliban's refusal to accept U.S. conditions, ''this rationale of energy security changed into a military one'', the authors claim.

''At one moment during the negotiations, the U.S. representatives told the Taliban, 'either you accept our offer of a carpet of gold, or we bury you under a carpet of bombs','' Brisard said in an interview in Paris.

http://archive.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=5166

And photos...

https://www.google.com/search?q=george+w+bush+meeting+the+taliban&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Q3aLU7ClI8X4oATM4oGACQ&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1418&bih=673

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3618895