Right. What the hell is the difference between a backward people doing that, and America quietly protecting Shiro Ishii? Or propping up Saddam Hussein? Or Manuel Noriega? Because the United States has the global domination to protect them in their own countries, and the Taliban could only do it in Afghanistan??
Charming.
I think Zorro has played too many video games, seen to many films.
You are either a complete *****, swimming in ignorance - or possibly the most inteligent and insightful person i have ever met.
You have managed to do what all the minds in the UN, AN, NATO, EU, State dept, foreign office, university's, Think tanks, and steering groups like the CFR and Bildenberg have so far failed to do.
With an almost Buhda like clarity - have you really managed to distill one of the most morally grey, interconnected, complex, and often contentious topics. Into a clearly defined black and white issue with, best of all, single sentence solutions?
I bet Hilary Clinton is reading this and just kicking herself for not thinking of all this herself.
Or perhaps it's not simple,
Perhaps there is no one singular solution, because there is not one singular 'enemy' with a singular motive.
It's an interconnected web that is by no means limited to Afghanistan.
The motivations of power, money, control, ego, and fear playing as much a role as ideology in this shadowy game of cat and mouse we call the war on terror.
Even that name is a complete simplification. "war on Terror" as if it's only terrorists.
Take the narco-terrorism that has it's source in Afghan poppy fields - and is aimed squarely at Russia.
This may be something that has Al-Q and the Taleban at the base and top of the pyramid. But it is only possible because other networks are working with them.
Without the Powerful Russian organised crime syndicates on board the drugs would struggle to find their way into the hands of street level dealers.
Without the use of the long established Kazak smuggler network - most of it wouldn't even get into Russia in the first place.
We are seeing the instability spread to Yemen and parts of Africa, notably Somalia and now Mali - with incidents such as bombing civilians happening in other African countries with a large concentration of Christians.
There is no dr. Evil
Even Bin laden was largely out of the loop already when he was killed/captured
The issue of attacks on civilian homes in Afghanistan - actually it's a pretty rare event.
The taleban no longer really fight from within peoples homes, because they know that if a mans house gets bombed because taleban fighters are using it to hide in, and especially if that results in the death or injury of a civilian. Then these actions make the Taleban less popular.
If 3 dudes with guns run into your house, one of them uses an RPG to try and kill some soldiers, and as a result your house gets smashed in.
Who are you going to blame for that?
you could say, well if the USA hadn't bombed my house.......
or
If those dudes hadn't forced me out of my own house at gun point and then turned my house into a legitimate target, my house would still be standing.
Hearts and Minds
The taleban actually want to come back as a political entity - there are actually secret negotiations between the USA/ISAF and the Taleban.
The end result has been that the more moderate voices within senior taleban leadership are actually gaining a lot more traction.
The taleban are patriots - they want this war to end as much as everyone else.
And with the oppertunity to come back into the political fold and have a real and meaningful say in the future of a modern, inclusive and diverse Afghanistan is the true solution to peace that the International community is moving towards.
It won't happen over night
But it is why soldiers are on the ground.
Thats what they are in effect fighting for.
I'd say that such a cause is one that can be fought with honour.
