I am not so pessimistic. I hope that the Taliban will prove us wrong, and even think that they will to a certain extent. — thewonder
This issue still be a big problem in Syria but nobody cares now :sad:Islamic Emirate, — thewonder
The status of women there is certainly something that the international community ought to pay attention to — thewonder
I recall during the early stages of the war hearing stories of women committing suicide by self-immolation in order to escape the Taliban because of that they had no other means to do so, and, so, I would caution against becoming too hopeful. Inheritance is a start for sure, though. — thewonder
. Every time some naive idiot bleets sheds crocodile tears about 'saving woman and children' without at the same time pointing the finger straight at the toxic and malevolent complicity of the US in creating the situation in which those precious women and children will be subject to inhumanity, they can be safely ignored. — StreetlightX
the conversaion needs to be changed from any sense of 'lack' or 'absence' into a positive one: the US does not, and never has, given a shit about what happens to Afghanistan. The US had twenty years, two decades, to make plans. The fact that any semblence of Afghan government all but evaporated in under a week tell you all you need to know. The descent into disorder was something that was allowed to happen. It was, if not planned for, then at least expected and totally foreseeable. — StreetlightX
Nato Secretary-General Jen Stoltenberg, in a rare public show of concern, said "the price for leaving too soon or in an uncoordinated way could be very high". In a statement, he added that Afghanistan risked once again becoming a platform for international militants to organise attacks.
But I think that the collapse of Afghanistan will encourage muslim insurgents everywhere and IS will also reappear. And that is the last thing the Biden administration wants to admit. — ssu
But I think that the collapse of Afghanistan will encourage muslim insurgents everywhere and IS will also reappear. And that is the last thing the Biden administration wants to admit. — ssu
As I debated with a PF member, right from the start the Taleban was a military objective to defeat for the Bush idiots. So simply just taking out Osama wouldn't do. Besides, there is still doctor Aiman Al-Zawahiri around.The tragedy is not that the US is pulling out now but that it didn't do it a decade earlier when they found Osama in *check notes* Pakistan. — StreetlightX
Uummm...what???Interesting argument but if the collapse of Syria or Libya did not encourage IS at all, why Afghanistan would do it then? — javi2541997
IS has been both in Syria and in Libya, so what's your point? Both collapses gave way to IS earlier. — ssu
the Taleban was a military objective to defeat for the Bush idiots. So simply just taking out Osama wouldn't do. Besides, there is still doctor Aiman Al-Zawahiri around. — ssu
Not as before. The IS doesn't hold any large cities or regions as before.But what's the real impact in Syria? It is true that IS is around there and having army prepared to fight — javi2541997
Printed on a playing card. As if taking them out does do anything.There's always someone with a scary exotic name around. — StreetlightX
This is simply wrong. Individuals being terrorists doesn't make the country dangerous. A lot of terrorists are from the UK. Morocco can control it borders. Morocco isn't a failed state with competing governments and internal disarray. Morocco doesn't have armed groups roaming around. If you want to find them, you have to go to the area of Spanish Sahara annexed by Morocco, and there is the Polisario. And they aren't islamists, even if they are muslims.Also, even the fact that IS can have some control over Libya, they are not dangerous as other countries closer like Morocco. — javi2541997
he IS doesn't hold any large cities or regions as before.
Situation in February 2021: — ssu
Morocco isn't a failed state with competing governments and internal disarray. Morocco doesn't have armed groups roaming around. — ssu
there is the Polisario — ssu
Somewhat. And it's worth noting that Russia succeeded in it's goals with the intervention in Syria.IS clearly lost a lot of power in Syria, so can we already speak about Al-Assad´s victory over there? — javi2541997
Our definitions are here different. Perhaps here instead of using a "failed state" the name could be "a collapsed state": a former country without the ability to implement rule on it's territory would be here what I'm looking for.Well this is so interpretable... if you say is not failed state when is a feudal monarchy with zero human rights I do not understand you then. — javi2541997
There are a few historically and politically savvy people around here. — jorndoe
To my understanding, the next generation of Taliban are considerably less intransigent and fanatical than the previous one, and, so, the fears of what the upcoming regime will be like are kind of overblown. — thewonder
China's effective support for the regime may become problematic for the general discourse on human rights, — thewonder
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