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| Topic | This was Afghanistan in the 70s, what happened? |
| Pow Pow Punishment 10/09/17 4:21:57 PM #58: | hockeybub89 posted... If people came into America and f***ed it up and extreme Christianity took over in the power vacuum aftermath, would it be Christianity's fault or the people who destroyed our country? Both. Blame should go on the enablers and the actors. It'd be crazy to eschew responsibility for either one. Edit: your analogy isn't actually applicable in its wording. I'm blaming 1. outside influencers and 2. fundamentalists, not "Islam" as a mere ideology. So you would have to change that to "Would you blame the fundamentalist Christians?", not "Would you blame Christianity?" wasserpanzer posted... you said it yourself. if not for external influence, they would have never gained popular acceptance It's disingenuous to say the Taliban regime enjoyed "popular acceptance" and that's why they ruled the country. We need to look at the history to find out why they were more powerful than Ahmad Shah Massoud's secular, moderate forces coming out of the Soviet war. Massoud's fundamentalist nemesis, Hekmatyar, received more CIA support even though Massoud was MUCH more effective at fighting the Soviets. Come the American invasion, a majority of polled Afghans supported overthrowing the Taliban oppressors with their foreign Arab bedfellows. Anyway, like I said, one isn't mutually exclusive from the other. External influence and religious extremism are both to blame. --- "I knew that I would get a chance to see the world and beat up its people." -Josh Barnett on martial arts Training: http://Machinhate.blogspot.com ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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