Frist calls for withdrawal from Afghanistan and inclusion of Taliban in government. HUH????

Why aren't the major papers playing the following AP wire story up big time:

Frist: Taliban Should Be in Afghan Gov't
By JIM KRANEAssociated Press Writer/ Oct 2, 7:56 PM EDT

QALAT, Afghanistan (AP) --
(AP) U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and urged support for efforts to bring "people who call themselves Taliban" and their allies into the government.

The Tennessee Republican said he learned from briefings that Taliban fighters were too numerous and had too much popular support to be defeated on the battlefield.

"You need to bring them into a more transparent type of government," Frist said during a brief visit to a U.S. and Romanian military base in the southern Taliban stronghold of Qalat. "And if that's accomplished, we'll be successful."

Frist said he had hoped the U.S. would be able to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan soon.

--- From Greetings - THIS IS NUTS! This is the same group that says, "Stay the course in Iraq", a country that didn't house Al Qaeda and didn't attack us. The Democrats, thankfully, call for us to step up our hunt for Bin Laden in the area between Afghanistan and Pakistan. At the same time, Bush has OK'd Pakistan's agreement with the chiefs in the areas where Bin Laden has been hiding!!

So - the Republican/Bush/Frist strategy? Let Al Qaeda stay in Pakistan. Leave them alone. Cut and Run in Afghanistan where there IS a Democratic government fighting Al Qaeda. And stay in a war that was unwarranted to begin with and increases ill will towards the U.S. and growth of terrorists worldwide. Yet, skip the real war in Afghanistan and allow Bin Laden to remain unchallenged in Pakistan??

Please - where are Larry, Moe, and Curly when we need them? Oh, never mind. I know. They're in the White House.