repulsewarrior wrote:...indeed my point, Lordo. Minorities can hold a lot of power, moreso in a country like Afghanistan where the Taliban do not amount to an overwhelming majority, compared to the rest of the population.
The Taliban have power now, but the question is how long can they hold on to that power; a lot depends on what they do.
...let's remember that forty years ago their children were shipped out of the country through no choice of their own; and they returned to be the defenders of Afghanistan against the Russians. Americans in that regard are not that much different to them; invaders. But, in the process, exposed to the world's gaze and concern, they may have learned something that makes it possible for them to see things differently, as things are.
America reacted to the September 11 terrorist attacks on WTC. They had every right to do that.
But then the mission changed to supporting the elected Afghan Government and to build a different type of Afghanistan which was suppose to be a better Afghanistan for the Afghan people. But the coalition pulled the carpet from under them, allowing the Taliban to take back control…
At the time of the Russian invasion, the Americans viewed things very simply. It was a case of Russia going on an expedition, for the first time at the height of the Cold War so the Americans decided to support the opposition and disrupt the Soviet Union’s mission through the Northern Alliance. There was also concern at the time that this Soviet action jeopardised a number of Gulf Stares who at the time were also shit scared.
