Christopher Cook isn't his real name. He changed his name from Allahu Akbar when he came to the U.S.
The only answer: because you say so.
Just write the paper from the viewpoint of the US State Department, which does not designate the taliban as a terrorist group
Throw in some of our shared values, like on the status and rights of women and gays
Is it possible the prof simply wanted the students to engage in a bit of contrarian thought, force them to consider and then argue from the opposing side, to see things from the Taliban’s side? (Yes, they’re still terrorists.) These sorts of exercises used to be common practice. Debate teams still do this . . . don’t they?
A drunken homeless dude from State College, PA once told me, “those who can’t do teach international politics at Penn State.”
they make their women cover from head to toe for their own good
they beat children flying kites for their own good
they don’t want girls going to school for their own good
they beat musicians for their own good
they marry pre-pubessant children for their own good
they have sex with little boys for their own good
etc. etc. etc...
do i get an A+???
This reminds me of an assignment I had from the Philosophy class teacher when I was a Freshman in college. We had to justify NAZIism. I wrote the best treatise and the teacher talked to me afterwards.
He said there were several things I could have brought up to do a better job. My answer was “That was the beauty of the assignment, because NAZIism is indefensible, so it didn’t matter how good I defended it.” He did not like my answer.
The Taliban actually are not “terrorists”.
They are the legitimate government and armed forces of Afghanistan.
Now, whether or not the existence of “Afghanistan” (never mind Saudi Arabia and Pakistan) is consistent with our safety and our happiness is a separate question.
Are sure this professor wasn’t just trolling the class? Or trolling the university? He comes off as a Looney Tunes cartoon level caricature of the wokeist. I wouldn’t discount trolling.
That’s easy: change the definition of terrorist to meet your needs, like the Feds did with the definition of a vaccine...
Here’s why they ARE terrorists:
https://www.faithfacts.org/world-religions-and-theology/christianity-vs.-islam
He is from Pedophile State University, so not so surprising.