08-15-2021, 02:21 PM
** 15-Aug-2021 World View: Young Zealots
Analysts have been making one idiotic statement after another. "Women
and girls will be able to go to school or work, as long as they wear
the hijab." "The Taliban will be moderate, because they need
international support." Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that
the Afghan operation has been a total success. This is just like DHS
secretary saying that the border is closed. Starting from Biden on
down, this is the worst American government in my lifetime, with one
disastrous policy after another.
There's only one analyst today that said something sensible: "The
Taliban leaders are being moderate, but after they're in power,
because they don't want to repeat the 1990s atrocities. But once
they're in power, it's the young zealots who will be committing
atrocities."
That's the Generational Dynamics position, and that's exactly right.
Other analyst observations of interest:
"The US army has been looking at a map of provinces, while the
Taliban have been looking at a map of tribes."
"The people of Afghanistan on social media are furious that Ashraf
Ghani fled the country, and he will pay the consequences."
Analysts have been making one idiotic statement after another. "Women
and girls will be able to go to school or work, as long as they wear
the hijab." "The Taliban will be moderate, because they need
international support." Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that
the Afghan operation has been a total success. This is just like DHS
secretary saying that the border is closed. Starting from Biden on
down, this is the worst American government in my lifetime, with one
disastrous policy after another.
There's only one analyst today that said something sensible: "The
Taliban leaders are being moderate, but after they're in power,
because they don't want to repeat the 1990s atrocities. But once
they're in power, it's the young zealots who will be committing
atrocities."
That's the Generational Dynamics position, and that's exactly right.
Other analyst observations of interest:
"The US army has been looking at a map of provinces, while the
Taliban have been looking at a map of tribes."
"The people of Afghanistan on social media are furious that Ashraf
Ghani fled the country, and he will pay the consequences."
