Afghanistan: U.S. Special Envoy Holbrooke on Islamic Supremacist Taliban: U.S. Does Not Seek "A Perfect Democracy" -- Room for Taliban to Rejoin "Political Fabric"

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U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke gave an interview to Der Spiegel telegraphing the intentions of the U.S. administration to abandon a human rights for equality and liberty in Afghanistan, stating that "We're not in Afghanistan to build a perfect democracy," and stating the U.S. sought to work those who support Islamic supremacism.

Holbrooke told Der Spiegel that "very clearly that the majority of the Taliban do not support Mullah Omar's extreme views and that there is room for them to rejoin the social and political fabric of Afghanistan if they renounce al-Qaida and reintegrate peacefully into Afghanistan," further adding that "We're not seeking to destroy every person who supports the Taliban, that's not a credible goal."

This pattern of official surrender on human rights and refusal to defy the Islamic supremacist ideology represented by the Taliban must remain an essential focus of our human rights campaigns for human equality and liberty.

Accountability to human rights means saying "No" to all supremacist ideologies, including Islamic supremacism.