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Originally Posted by warch
Taliban = evil, murderous, deluded, vicious...the worst of humanity. Crimes against humanity.
I say as an angry liberal, progressive: If they refuse to surrender and stand down, take them out, no mercy, meet your maker.
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Replace "Taliban" with "American Indian" and the logic has not changed. Replace "Taliban" with "VietCong" and the logic has not changed. In all cases, the logic failed to first do what Kennedy repeatedly demanded.
What does he see? What is he being told? What is his objective? As noted so many times, evil only exists when god is on our side. IOW - 'evil' does not really exist. They have a perspective on life that is not consistant with ours. Nothing more.
Remember what the Taliban consider as the advancement of mankind: greater glory of god - their religion imposed upon all other people. Whereas that concept might be described as evil, instead, it is what happens when cultures or objectives collide.
Taliban are only doing what any religion does when it must be imposed on all others. What is happening today is no different from so many years previous - ie Spanish Inquisition.
For example, in 2005, the road between Kandahar and Kabul is slowly becoming much like Vietnam's Highway 1. One town on that highway is Qalat. From The Economist of 9 July 2005:
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The 19th century British fort that dominates the skyline above Qalat offers an easy reference point for low flying Apache helicopters heading for the America base near the town, the capital of Afghanistan's southern province of Zabul. Yet despite being backed by impressive foreign muscle, the government's control of Qalat barely reaches the city limits. ... Zabal remains Taliban country.
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From 4 Oct 2003 The Economist:
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The tinsel-clad petrol station at the edge of Maydan Shahr, a desert town west of Kabul, feels like a portal to another and more dangerous country. Aid wokers stop here to check tyres and oil on their jeeps. They do not want to break down. Ahead is southern Afghanistan - a bloody mess that is getting bloodier. Armed attacks on aid agencies in the south, once sporadic, are now daily. Such attacks used to extend only to a pistol whipping. The new rules for those stopped by insurgents are more brutal. If you are a foreigner you will be executed. If you are an Afghan working for a foreigner, you will be hectored, perhaps mutilated, and then executed. Afghan aid workers are the prime targets. Seven were killed last month....
The United Nations thinks 16 of Afghanistan's 32 provinces - almost all in the south - too dangerous for its international staff to venture through. Red Cross officials privately say their marked vehicles are proving a liability. Red Crescent workers are no better off: several were recently murdered. ...
It could get worse. If neo-Taliban are happy to murder those bringing food and water, what might they do to those bringing democracy and rights for women? Officials charged with going out and registering Pushtun voters for the elections will be sitting ducks.
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Why is what was normal in 2003 now any different? Taliban are as evil as the Crusaders. What is your perspective? One sided? Or do you first learn why American Indians attacked settlers?