The Taliban of Afghanistan...

[SHRED]

...will never accept us and they will never go away.

The only reason we need to quit the needless slaughter of our troops there.


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[grantcart]

1. There is no such entity as "The" Taliban of Afghanistan

It is a loosely aligned group that is based more on tribal and patriarchal lineage than ideology.

About 1/3 of the Taliban is considered ideologically hardcore.

About 1/2 of those that fight with the Taliban are motivated primarily by base financial factors, either they are paid to do so or to protect the opium growing,trading business in their areas.

It isn't a question of accepting us but building coalitions that are more in their own self interest, and part of that self interest is the realization that the American forces want to leave and eventually will leave while the foreign fighters that have joined the Taliban intend to be part of an authoritarian rule that will dictate a theocratic rule. It was on this particular point that the Sunni allies of Al Queda grew disenchanted and were flipped.

While certain Pushtin areas are likely to remain hardcore religious fanatics there are many other tribes that are closer to Islamic Sufi that are good candidates to distance themselves from the Taliban.