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Originally Posted by Azure
A culture that doesn't condemn the killing women and children simply because they oppose certain beliefs or hold a different political opinion is indeed backwards.
If they want to be more conservative and fundamental with their laws, fine....but that isn't exactly what the problem is.
The Taliban are a bunch of scumbags. Even Saddam's people pale in comparison to what the Taliban have done in the past.
Plus, the US actually got rid of the scumbags in Saddam's regime. It was the working with who was left that turned things around. Who exactly do you work with in Afghanistan?
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See, the problem here is the media. People in the west are totally out to lunch when it comes to what's actually going on oversea.
The amount of reporting that is false and exaggerated is beyond belief. You're basing your opinion about an entire culture, not just on actions of certain individuals within that culture, but on the biased and pathetic media that exists here. If you want to talk about culture, that's fine i can tell you all about Afghan culture. But don't mix the culture of an entire nation, with the actions of corrupt individuals who just happened to be financed, and backed by the US/West (ie. Karzai; see origins of the Taliban)
'The Taliban are scumbags and worse than Saddam'...the Taliban is not a political group. Nor does it have a rigid hierarchy. Yes it was in control of much of the country for a time, but you have to understand that the Taliban can't be characterized with western ideas. You're comparing individuals who are fighting off foreign invaders, and share a common religion to a dictator of a sovereign state who was allowed to gain power directly by the US.
The US placed a scumbag in control of Iraq, and when he stopped obeying the West, invaded Iraq, killed countless people, many of them innocent civilians and have opened a can of worms.
If you honestly think things have 'turned around', or ever have in Iraq then you need to get outside the bubble of western media. Either go visit Iraq and see for yourself, or try to get hold of independent reporting. Just my advice if you actually want to know what's truly going on.