08-20-2021, 09:18 PM
Afghanistan has a population of 33 million. The Taliban number, at best, a 100,000 or so. The best thing we can do is support the humanitarian organizations that are trying to keep the population fed. They will have to cater to the Taliban, but they are the only entities that are only interested in helping.
Afghanistan's curse is that it's caught in the middle of Iran to the west, Russia to the north and China to the east. I doubt any of those countries have the interests of the Afghani people in their heart. The U.S. is going to turn its back on them as fast as it can, because we failed and we can't accept that.
They've been invaded twice in the last 40 years. Certainly they are overdue for a period of peace. The Taliban are claiming that they've changed and want to bring peace back to the country. I guess we will find out how truthful they are about that.
Afghanistan's curse is that it's caught in the middle of Iran to the west, Russia to the north and China to the east. I doubt any of those countries have the interests of the Afghani people in their heart. The U.S. is going to turn its back on them as fast as it can, because we failed and we can't accept that.
They've been invaded twice in the last 40 years. Certainly they are overdue for a period of peace. The Taliban are claiming that they've changed and want to bring peace back to the country. I guess we will find out how truthful they are about that.