Posted on 08/15/2021 9:06:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
ISTANBUL (AP) — As the Taliban mass at the gates of Kabul, they are promising a new era of peace in Afghanistan, with amnesty for those they have been battling for two decades and a return to normal life.
But Afghans who remember the Taliban’s brutal rule and those who have lived in areas controlled by the Islamic militants in recent years have watched with growing fear as the insurgents have overrun most of the country while international forces withdraw.
Government offices, shops and schools are still shuttered in areas recently captured by the Taliban, with many residents either lying low or fleeing to the capital, Kabul. But already there are indications of a return to the harsh version of Islamic rule Afghans lived under from 1996 until 2001, when the U.S. drove the Taliban from power after the 9/11 attacks.
Many fear the Taliban will roll back two decades of gains by women and ethnic minorities while restricting the work of journalists and NGO workers. An entire generation of Afghans was raised on hopes of building a modern, democratic state — dreams that seem to have melted away before the Taliban’s relentless advance.
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Then maybe you should have stood up to the Taliban when you had the chance! You know, sometime in the last *20 years*.
Cage burnings will become all the rage.
An entire generation of Afghans was raised on hopes of building a modern, democratic state — dreams that seem to have melted away before the Taliban’s relentless advance.
This was the fantasy of Bush and the nation builders..
It’s pure nonsense.
There is no culture of democracy there.
They never had any such hope. American-style Government isn't for everybody, I'm not even sure anymore if we can handle it.
Exactly.
They dont want it.
Why should we care ....
The Tallyband only number about 35,000 so Afghans get off your asses and get them
Pol Pot said the same ting before killing millions. He started with teachers and the educated.
Do they have guns?
Agree. If they wanted this they should be fighting the taliban. We can give air support. But their boys fight for their country.
Most Afghans do not. That’s why this is where it is.
We should be fighting here. The jigs up
How do you say “no xxxx, Sherlock” in Farsi?
Rules of Engagement with Muslims -
If Infidels are present, Sunni with unite with Shi’a sects to enslave (physical, sex, monetary), convert, and annihilate all Infidels.
If no Infidels present, Sunni will turn against Shi’a until one or the other is enslaved or annihilated.
The rising population of Muslims over 1200 years shows the effectiveness of their tactics.
It’s coming to that. The question is what is the trigger?
Too bad, so sad.
That is what I’ve come to both fear and accept. Think of other once great civilizations. Greeks, Romans, French, Spanish, British,..... all had their moment in time. Today their descendants are pale shadows of their ancestors.
It pains my to accept that we are not the same people that once stood up against the British Empire, Spain, conquered a continent and defeated the Nazis & Imperial Japan.
I hope I’m proven wrong. But, we’ve become a nation defeated by its own success and sees little point in preserving its heritage.
Afghanistan is drowning in Guns
There was a zoo, miniskirts, western clothing, university-educated men and women, and a king in the 70s.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zPME0mMice8
I only know this because I wanted to go there as a young person. My family threw a fit. I wanted to see Kabul, Mazar I Sharif, the ruins of Merv, and the Bamyan Budha.
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