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US-Taliban deal could see US pullout in 14 months
BBC ^ | 02/29/2020

Posted on 02/29/2020 5:19:43 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: hanamizu

Thank you for the entry.

“They’re all about not being pushed around by outsiders.”

If that’s the case, then why do they bomb their own people in their country, have wars in other countries, and try to infuse sharia laws into the countries they immigrate to? When they do that, are they not the outsider?

And the elected muslim mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has publicly backed that 20% of the city should be Sharia law zones. Country, too. And he has also stated that 23% of the country think MI5 is responsible for radicalizing Jihad John, who was observed in attendance at the beheadings in 2014/15.

This is how it happens and has in numerous countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country

Please observe Egypt, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kosovo, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria,....haven’t got past the “n’s” so I think it proves what is happening.

You can’t take out the ones we need to when they are living in your neighborhood. And they know that. They’ve shielded themselves before.

rwood


21 posted on 02/29/2020 11:06:47 AM PST by Redwood71 (If they)
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To: hanamizu

Thank you for the entry.

“They’re all about not being pushed around by outsiders.”

If that’s the case, then why do they bomb their own people in their country, have wars in other countries, and try to infuse sharia laws into the countries they immigrate to? When they do that, are they not the outsider?

And the elected muslim mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has publicly backed that 20% of the city should be Sharia law zones. Country, too. And he has also stated that 23% of the country think MI5 is responsible for radicalizing Jihad John, who was observed in attendance at the beheadings in 2014/15.

This is how it happens and has in numerous countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country

Please observe Egypt, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guinea, Indonesia, Jordan, Kosovo, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria,....haven’t got past the “n’s” so I think it proves what is happening.

You can’t take out the ones we need to when they are living in your neighborhood. And they know that. They’ve shielded themselves before.

rwood


22 posted on 02/29/2020 11:06:47 AM PST by Redwood71 (If they)
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To: Redwood71

If that’s the case, then why do they bomb their own people in their country, have wars in other countries, and try to infuse sharia laws into the countries they immigrate to? When they do that, are they not the outsider?


My answer was in reference to Afghans, not Muslims. No doubt individual Afghans have joined wars in other countries and no doubt a few Afghans would love to impose sharia laws where they’ve migrated to—although the Afghans I’ve met outside of Afghanistan tend to be glad to be out of there. I don’t believe there is a large Afghan diaspora in any of the nations you mentioned.

I guess one benefit of being able to resist joining the British Empire in the 19th century, is that they emigrated in large numbers to Britain.

In any case, I think we can agree that we are better off to be out of that shithole.
In the late 60s I was a Peace Corps trainee scheduled to go to Afghanistan. I was “deselected” before our group left. Every disease was and still is endemic in Afghanistan. All of our group of 90 volunteers returned after 30 days in country. All of them had contracted amoebic dysentery during that time in spite of being repeatedly cautioned against it. The joke was Afghans called America the ‘Land of the Hard Stools’ since diarrhea was and still is considered normal there. So yes, it is a shithole.


23 posted on 02/29/2020 11:40:06 AM PST by hanamizu
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A total of 6.3 million Afghan refugees were hosted in Pakistan and Iran by 1990. As of 2013, Afghanistan was the largest refugee-producing country in the world, a title held for 32 years. Afghans are currently the second largest refugee group after Syrian refugees. The majority of Afghan refugees (95%) are located in Iran and Pakistan. Some countries that were part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) took in small number of Afghans that worked with their respective forces. Ethnic minorities, like Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, often fled to India.

Islam in Afghanistan began to be practiced after the Arab Islamic conquest of Afghanistan from the 7th to the 10th centuries, with the last holdouts to conversion submitting in the late 19th century. Islam is the official state religion of Afghanistan.

So when you consider that 99.7% of the Afghan people have been confirmed muslim for so many years and a majority of the Afghan people that have immigrated have gone to muslim countries and fit in like Iran, Syria, and Pakistan, then you have to consider them muslim in practice or they wouldn’t have fit in. And trying to change the UK is an example of their trying to take control of another country.

rwood


24 posted on 03/01/2020 12:15:58 PM PST by Redwood71 (If they)
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I never said they weren’t muslim. They’re pretty hard-core muslim. They’re bad-asses and muslims. When I was training for Peace Corps there, we were told that the local mullah would be firmly against anything we might be for in improving life, whether it be vaccinations against small pox (it was that long ago), digging a well for clean water, or encouraging kids to go to school.

Their national sport is buzkashi. It’s kind of like polo—except it is played with the carcass of a dead goat or calf. The horses are trained to bite opposing players, whips are allowed, but the use of knives was outlawed several decades ago. As I said—they are bad asses.

Going in there with any intention to stay for any extended length of time was a mistake and it is good we are getting out. Hopefully in weeks rather than months.


25 posted on 03/01/2020 1:01:01 PM PST by hanamizu
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“Going in there with any intention to stay for any extended length of time was a mistake and it is good we are getting out.”

We didn’t go in as a conquering force. The intent was to dismantle Al-Qaeda and deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power. And POTUS Bush strongly requested that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden and expel al-Qaeda; Bin Laden had already been wanted by the FBI since 1998 for his connection with the 1998 bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya.

We didn’t ever intend to conquer a country, just to relieve ourselves of the problems that were pertaining to us. Same with Iraq. If they had handed him over and helped themselves by expelling Al-Qaeda, we’d have never had the headache. They didn’t do what we asked, so we went in. And Obama increased the assault during his tenure.

rwood


26 posted on 03/02/2020 7:29:15 AM PST by Redwood71
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Generation Jihad Ep. 1 - The U.S.-Taliban Withdrawal Deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HB71HMlSwI

Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn review the U.S.-Taliban withdrawal agreement. They discuss why it isn’t a true peace deal, the Taliban’s ongoing alliance with al-Qaeda, and how the U.S. never dealt with Pakistani duplicity in America’s longest war.

Generation Jihad Ep. 2 - Wishcasting in Afghanistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9s3hDwNR44&t=1s

In a follow up to episode one, hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn explain why wishful thinking in Afghanistan has led the U.S. to portray the Taliban as something it is not. True peace is not on the horizon. Meanwhile, Al-Qaeda views the U.S.-Taliban deal as a boon for the jihadists’ cause. Al-Qaeda’s affiliates are already attempting to use the agreement as a framework for gaining legitimacy elsewhere.

Generation Jihad - Ep. 10 - Endless Jihad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv9orNWAhI0

Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn discuss the “endless wars” narrative, explaining why it is more accurate to call the conflicts unleashed by 9/11 an “endless jihad.” While there are plenty of legitimate criticisms of America’s warfighting, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere continue because the jihadists fight on.


27 posted on 06/09/2020 5:01:32 PM PDT by Valin
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Generation Jihad - Ep. 14 - The Demise of an Al Qaeda Emir in Mali
June 16 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzaVbdyGF0k

Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the life and reported death of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s emir, Abdulmalek Droukdel. They also review some of Osama bin Laden’s files to piece together AQIM’s history.


28 posted on 06/16/2020 12:50:08 PM PDT by Valin
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Time to unass the AO...

We can stand off strike any terror related groups if they act up in the future.

82ND ABN VET HERE.... Get Out.

Prepare for China, because they are a serious enemy.


29 posted on 06/16/2020 12:53:37 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: BenLurkin

Generation Jihad - Ep. 18: What We Don’t Know About Russian Bounties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ib8a6XDdzc
July 14 2020

Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss reports saying that Russia offered bounties to Taliban fighters to attack Americans. While this wouldn’t be surprising, there are still many unanswered questions concerning the reported bounties. The Taliban has been fighting American forces for nearly 19 years, and its jihadists don’t need any extra incentives.


30 posted on 07/14/2020 7:36:53 AM PDT by Valin
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Generation Jihad - Ep. 20 - How China’s repressive policies could fuel the jihad
Jul 28, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx4QPg4QV-4

Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s repressive policies in the Xinjiang region. The CCP claims to be fighting terrorism, but it could drive more people into the jihadists’ arms. The guys discuss the history of the Turkistan Islamic Party, an al Qaeda group that seeks to exploit the CCP’s actions.


31 posted on 07/28/2020 6:52:50 AM PDT by Valin
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