On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I > You already do...in Afghanistan. ;) What do you think was the real reason > for > fighting the Taliban (under whom Opium production nearly died out). >
This isn't a good place for politics but I can't let something that stupid get by. Regardless of how you feel about the wisdom of the US fighting at all in Afghanistan, the real reason for fighting the Taliban is that they are a bunch of cruel Stone Age savages who suppress all human rights, especially those of the weak, minorities and women. They also destroy all art, dance and culture. They perpetuate beastiality, sexually abuse young boys systematically and with social approval, they rape and torture and murder women with impunity, and they actively prevent education, science, and any advancement of human progress. Other than that, they're fine-- let's leave them alone.
