This is understandably not the most PC viewpoint, but I think it's important to remember that ordinary Afghans are NOT innocent victims in all this.
The poor Afghans wouldn't stop believing in the Taliban's Robin Hood myth, and the rich ones were only interested in making money.
The poor Afghans wouldn't stop believing in the Taliban's Robin Hood myth, and the rich ones were only interested in making money.
They've had at least 15 years to build a cohesive post-Taliban society and the poor spent those 15 years fighting internecine clan wars and pining for Sharia law. The rich spent that time fighting for supply contracts and embezzling budgets.
They did this to themselves.
They did this to themselves.
It's important to acknowledge this because one day when the story of Nigeria is being told, people will miss the key context of the northern half of Nigeria being overtly or tacitly in support of violent Islamic Jihad, and the southern half being mercenary, mercantile idiots.
These events don't just happen in a vacuum. They are the culmination of decades of sustained and deliberate self harm by countries hell bent on committing national suicide.
For reference, see also: Somalia.
For reference, see also: Somalia.
TLDR: Afghanistan is a scale version of Nigeria, with a large population of jihadi sympathiser Isa Pantamis and useful idiot Elnathan Johns.
It will also end in tears and a crowded Abuja airport.
It will also end in tears and a crowded Abuja airport.
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