Stardate 20010919.0927 (On Screen): Another big winner in this is the Afghani northern alliance. (If they have a formal name, I haven't seen it anywhere.) They almost instantly offered any aid they could provide to the US, naturally, and the US is going to them now for intelligence which they are uniquely qualified to provide. But they're dancing with elephants and they better be careful. They'd be well advised to get their quid pro quo in the form of hard goods (weapons and ammunition) ASAP, since the US is just as likely to drop them like a hot rock as soon as the US gets what it wants in the region. In the mean time, this is a Godsend for them.
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