By KyleS, EMET BLOG
The U.S-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other members of his government reportedly are meeting with members of the Taliban to discuss a possible peace deal.
According to The New York Times, the meetings apparently include members of the Taliban’s highest authority, the Quetta Shura, as well as members of the Haqqani network, although not the Taliban’s supreme leader, Mullah Omar.
In May, when Presidents Obama and Karzai met, the U.S. pledged its support for Afghanistan’s
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“reintegration and reconciliation processes, which allow an honorable place in society to those who cut ties with Al-Qaeda, cease violence against the Afghan state, and accept the Afghan constitution, including its protections of human rights and women’s equality.”
Once again, the United States foreign policy establishment has submitted itself to the myth of the political wing, the fallacy that our enemies are not ideologically-hardened true believers with a religiously mandated obligation to jihad, but instead include, in President Karzai’s words, “thousands of country boys” and other members of The Taliban leadership who are “not against democracy or women’s place in Afghan society.”
The reality of the matter is that there is no substantive difference between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban and its offshoots not in ideology, and not in terrorist methodology.
“[W]e find that each of the three primary Afghan insurgent groups … is a core ally of Al- Qaeda, with long-established personal ties between these groups’ senior leaders and Al- Qaeda’s senior leaders, write Taliban expert Tomas Joscelyn and Bill Roggio, “Moreover, Al-Qaeda cooperates with each of these organizations in substantive ways in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
Specifically, regarding the Taliban, they add:
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On the contrary, what I am saying is perfectly sensible and adult. In a saner era such as WW2 this was the logical thing to do.
BTW how many names have you used so far?
Malcom,
Let’s suppose this war continues on a “nice” basis for the next 100 years (the second “Hundred Years War”). During this time, many of our young soldiers will die as will many civilians across the world. And there’s no rational reason to believe that at some time, someone in the Taliban and/or Al Quaeda will suddenly have an epiphany and say, “Wait a minute! Why are we continuously fighting? Let’s stop and make peace with our infidel enemies!!! Then we can all have a great life!!!”
Does that sound reasonable? If it doesn’t, then how on earth are these savages going to be coerced into stopping what is natural for them: killing? My answer is “pain”. How this is administered is a matter for discussion, but it will have to be administered at some time if peace is to be a possibility for us infidels.
That being said, perhaps you have another, more rational, answer.
Laura: Arn’t we getting just a bit nonsensical. we are supposed to be adult!
Why don’t we just hit the taliban and al qaeda with nuclear bombs and end the war already.