ryoder 1,381 #1 June 16, 2015 https://news.vice.com/article/the-taliban-tells-the-islamic-state-to-get-the-hell-out-of-afghanistan "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #2 June 16, 2015 ryoder https://news.vice.com/article/the-taliban-tells-the-islamic-state-to-get-the-hell-out-of-afghanistan Just hoping for a pyrrhic victory. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,340 #3 June 17, 2015 I'll root for the undertaker. He's going to be the winner no matter what. The US is still there and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Kind of like what Bush #1 and his SecDef, Darth Cheney talked about after Iraq #1. There's no way out that doesn't end up with Afghanistan going back to what it was in the 90s after the Soviets left. Total anarchy. Tribal warfare with modern weapons. The Minister of Defense attacking the Minister of the Interior and the Foreign Minister in their neighborhoods in Kabul, using tanks and artillery. That is what got the Taliban created and in power in the first place."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #4 June 17, 2015 Quotewho you gonna root for? Da Bears! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgoose71 0 #5 June 17, 2015 Andy9o8Quotewho you gonna root for? Da Bears! Da Bulls!"There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driver1 0 #6 June 17, 2015 ryoder https://news.vice.com/article/the-taliban-tells-the-islamic-state-to-get-the-hell-out-of-afghanistan That would be one helluva Celebrity Death Match! There will be no addressing the customers as "Bitches", "Morons" or "Retards"! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 186 #7 June 17, 2015 ryoder https://news.vice.com/article/the-taliban-tells-the-islamic-state-to-get-the-hell-out-of-afghanistan On the one hand, seeing those guys kill each other to the last man would be immensely gratifying, kind of like hearing that the Crips and Bloods had wiped each other out. OTOH, my experience with social shitholes is that, when one ghastly regime is overthrown, it is immediately replaced by one or more organizations that are a notch more vile at the very best. Douchenozzles such as Saddam Hussein, Mummar Khaddafi, et al. are greatly preferable to whatever crawled out from under a nearby rock to replace them. Assad, for all his failings, is like a gift from your favorite god compared to any of his opponents. Back to the question at hand, I suspect that IS is significantly more virulent when all is said and done. The goal of the Taliban is largely to return their native land to a neolithic social order, while IS wants to bring the whole world back before the Dark Ages - with them in charge. If the Taliban could be allowed to do their thing in a hermetically sealed environment (nobody in or out of areas under their control), fine. Don't overfly the place, and whistle as you pass the graveyard of empires. BSBD, Winsor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
