So I’m not the only one, upon seeing video of thousands of healthy young males chasing an airplane to flee, who thinks: “why aren’t they fighting for their city?”
That is a good question, since it would only take a very small percentage of the population of Kabul fighting back to make the Taliban occupation impossible. If 1 man in ten from Kabul decided to fight back the Taliban would face 180,000 defenders. That pretty much eliminates the ability to ride or walk around the streets.
It may be that urban populations in Afghanistan are like urban liberal populations here. Does anybody think that the urban liberal elites in America would personally fight for their values and beliefs?
I remember years ago seeing a documentary on Vietnam where American soldiers were complaining bitterly that they'd see young Vietnamese men all over the streets in Saigon and elsewhere going about their lives - and why weren't THEY fighting for THEIR country?
Scene at the airport reminded me of same, mostly military-aged men trying to flee - leaving women and children behind.