coachron said:
While not overly endowed with firepower, albeit with a lot of support from the U.S., these are the remnants of the mujaheddin fighters that blunted the invasion of the Soviet Union and not only defeated the Red Army but also contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union itself.
ahh, No. Before you spout off, you should do some checking. The majority of the muj who actually fought the Soviets were found in what became known as the Northern Alliance. The Taliban are a creation of the Pakistani ISI who found that their previous choice for control of Afghanistan, Hekmatyar Gullbeddin, wouldn't fight Soviets, but would happily murder Afghans. They sprang up from Pakistan well after the Soviets had retreated to quell the on-going civil war and attendant lawlessness.
What they lack in firepower, the Taliban certainly lack nothing when it comes to the will and determination to expel coalition forces from the region.
they lack the means and the popular support. Let me say that again so you get it:
the popular support. These morons have never read Mao because they're fish without an ocean. The muj won against the Soviets because they had the unquestioned support of the majority of the populace. The Talib, quite the opposite. They gain compliance through intimidation. That never workds for long.
Nor is the Taliban unfamiliar with how to fight an effective insurgency
actually, yes they are, since they were never an effective guerilla movement. They were a clever manipulation of a grassroots movement by the ISI, that became a police state allowing the Pakistanis to loot the nation of all ordnance.
Jihad, or holy war, is deeply embedded in the religious beliefs.
we have pages upon pages explaining this very concept, and going into greater detail on how Jihad is not truly Holy War except in the minds of certain individuals with agendas, but thanks for perpetuating the fallacy and further promoting stereotypes.
At very least, we ought to be mindful that this is going to be a long tough fight.
thank you Capt Obvious. Where are you and Tips, the Boy Wonder off to now?
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You are trying to argue with men who have been to this country, have spent years researching this country, and you are doing it with the same half-assed crap that the media spews out. I strongly suggest you do a lot more reading on these boards, and a lot less babbling. It would do wonders for your legitimacy, as well as your education. There are entire pages full of reccommended books to help people understand Islam, Islamic Radicals, terrorism in general, Afghanistan, the Middle East, ad nauseum.