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> It means a terrorist organization will control a nation What terrorist acts have the Taliban committed? I've mostly only seen them fight back against foreign

by rascul 5y ago

> It means a terrorist organization will control a nation What terrorist acts have the Taliban committed? I've mostly only seen them fight back against foreign invaders. > and harbor terrorists once again in the future (remember the same Taliban sheltered 9/11 terrorists and is still allied with al Qaeda!). First they offered to look at evidence and consider extradition, then they offered extradition, both of which the U.S. refused. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1539468.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1539468.stm https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/14/afghanistan.terrorism5 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/14/afghanistan.te... > It means we lose a foothold in the region, militarily and economically. Why does the U.S. need a foothold in a region on the other side of the world?

throwawaysea 5y ago
> What terrorist acts have the Taliban committed? Giving aid to a terrorist group that commits those acts doesn't make the Taliban less complicit. See this UN report from June about how the Taliban is still closely tied to al Qaeda (https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/02/middleeast/un-report-taliban-afghanistan-al-qaeda-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/02/middleeast/un-report-tali...). As for what atrocities they've committed, there's a long list on Wikipedia, many of which meet the definition of terrorism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Condemned_practices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Condemned_practices). > Why does the U.S. need a foothold in a region on the other side of the world? So many reasons. First, to contain China, which is the principal threat to America's prosperity and control in the future. Second, to support other democratic nations like India, who will suffer from the Taliban's resurgence. Third, to expand our economic interests. Fourth, to continue our mission to sustain human rights which the Taliban is already eroding. There are others, and I am certainly not a foreign policy expert, but my point is - there's something there.

by rascul 5y ago

throwawaysea 5y ago

> What terrorist acts have the Taliban committed? Giving aid to a terrorist group that commits those acts doesn't make the Taliban less complicit. See this UN report from June about how the Taliban is still closely tied to al Qaeda (https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/02/middleeast/un-report-taliban-afghanistan-al-qaeda-intl/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/02/middleeast/un-report-tali...). As for what atrocities they've committed, there's a long list on Wikipedia, many of which meet the definition of terrorism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Condemned_practices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Condemned_practices). > Why does the U.S. need a foothold in a region on the other side of the world? So many reasons. First, to contain China, which is the principal threat to America's prosperity and control in the future. Second, to support other democratic nations like India, who will suffer from the Taliban's resurgence. Third, to expand our economic interests. Fourth, to continue our mission to sustain human rights which the Taliban is already eroding. There are others, and I am certainly not a foreign policy expert, but my point is - there's something there.