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Originally Posted by willravel
The guerilla tactics employed are an ingrained act of desperation, and in order to stop that behavioral pattern, one must change the circumstances.
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I agree that you have to change the circumstances but I don't agree that it is an ingrained act of desparation on behalf of the Taliban.
This is Taliban strategy.
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Originally Posted by willravel
That's what negotiations are all about. I suspect the members of the Taliban would be a lot happier if they were in a country with a strong economy based on legal trade of non-narcotics, with a country that has a strong government that allows freedom, but respects Islamic law, with a country that allows them to make their way and live their lives without the fear of bombings or having to bomb. We should help Afghanistan to become a more stable, peaceful place. That would help us PREVENT hostage taking.
After all, it's better to prevent than to react.
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I suspect that this is more what teh general Afgani population wants and has nothing to do with what the Taliban wants.
This is only speculation on my part as I have never discussed this with any Taliban but I the Taliban want to be in complete control of Afganistan on all levels - social, political, and religious. They want to do things there way whether or not it offers any type of freedom to the Afgan people and they don't want anyone from the rest of the world peeking in let alone telling them what to do.