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Originally Posted by Willravel
Whoa, wait a second. All radical Islamic groups are not the same. The Taliban did not necessarily want to spread Islamic law to the US. They wanted to have their own special brand of Islamic law rule Afghanistan (and now Pakistan).
In fact, the Taliban were fairly recently very pro-America. Sure, they don't like modern things and are partial to a particularly serious brand of Islamic law, but until we started bombing them under Clinton, they had nothing but nice things to say. We helped them drive out the Soviets.
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The Taliban was pro-American because at one point America was pro-Taliban. The US has a poor history of picking the theoretical lesser of two evils when it comes to the ME. I admit that the US has made mistakes, but we can not undo what has been done. Today, my view is clear. I am willing to work peacefully with any group or nation willing to peacefully coexist with others. Those who have a goal of imposing their will or way of life on me are a threat.