The Taliban were our friends when they were fighting the Russians in Afghanistan. We armed them with our latest anti aircraft missiles at the time. Sometimes the enemy of your enemy bites you in the ass. Food for thought.
There are any number of Western oriented capitalistic Kurds who admire us and want to pattern their economy after ours. Picking the PKK as an example of a group you admire reveals a certain lack of knowledge about the area. Continuing to defend your position even after you've acknowledged they're not the kind of friends we want (Marxists) doesn't make sense.
I don't admire them. I feel the need for a strong centralized(preferably pro western) government in place. I would like to hear your alternatives. You like to bash my viewpoints but please suggest a better one.
Actually, the Taliban never fought the Soviets. In fact, the Taliban didn't exist during the Soviet-Afghan War. The Taliban came into existence in 1995, about six years after the Sovs.left.