re: #240 Kenneth

2. Taliban knocked back sufficiently to convince them to give up the fight and join the political process.

Yeah, that’s the part I think won’t work. Oh, yeah, we could ultimately convince them to ‘join the process’ - but given the tribal culture and a complete lack of any national sentiment, it would simply become a spoils system.

And to be perfectly frank, I base much of my assessment on conversations I’ve had with the ladies who work at the HairCuttery. Almost all of them are Afghani. As far as they are concerned the ONLY reason they are literate is because the Soviets let them go to school.
They hate everyone of those warlords - Dostum, Hekmatyar (especially him) - and what they old told me they love about America is that they can have dogs. Fatima told me - “There are no starving dogs in the street here and if there are, there are ways to help them. This is a kind society. Even the dogs. Even the dogs.”

She had 2 dogs and I wanted me to help her go thru the rescue/shelter process so she could get a third. HA! I told her 2 was plenty.

She was not unusual.