Highly unlikely, folks, and you can take that to the bank. Don’t ask which bank. That’s just the malarkey talking. But here are two narratives. Tell me which one sounds more plausible “Even the Taliban are Surprised at How Fast They’re Advancing” – NBC News “It is not inevitable,” he said, later adding: “The likelihood that […]
Afghanistan: Former president says US presence ‘failed,’ as ‘extremism is at the highest point today’
Karzai is correct. But no one in Washington is going to face the reality of why the U.S. military misadventure failed. It failed because it was wrongly conceived, with no understanding of the importance of Sharia for the majority of Afghans, and of the significance of their attachment to it. So the Bush administration that […]
Taliban calls for ‘genuine Islamic system,’ will protect women’s rights according to ‘glorious religion of Islam’
You may recall, if you’re old enough, all the mainstream analysts after 9/11 assuring the world that the Taliban had nothing, nothing whatsoever, to do with Islam. The Taliban never listened. “‘Islamic System’ Only Way to Afghan Peace, Women’s Rights, Says Taliban,” AFP, June 20, 2021: The Taliban said Sunday they remain committed to peace […]
Afghanistan: Muslims murder polio workers amid claims vaccine is Western conspiracy to sterilize Muslim children
It’s not just in Afghanistan: a Pakistani Muslim cleric has said that polio vaccinations are un-Islamic. And in Nigeria, a Muslim cleric was arrested for playing a role in sparking the murders of polio workers. “Five Afghan polio vaccinators shot dead,” AFP, June 15, 2021: JALALABAD, Afghanistan: At least five polio workers were shot dead in […]
Pakistan: Mosques collecting donations for Afghan Taliban
Why doesn’t the vast majority of peaceful Muslims rise up and put a stop to this? “Pakistan mosques collecting donations for Afghan Taliban: Opposition Party,” ANI, June 10, 2021: Pakistan opposition party Awami National Party (ANP) on Tuesday said that mosques were collecting donations for Afghan Taliban and asked the government to act swiftly to […]
Ilhan Omar Equates US and Israel with Hamas and Taliban. Here’s why she’s wrong.
My latest in PJ Media: The fiercely patriotic and morally scrupulous Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Hypocrisy) showed yet again Monday that she is a master at appealing to the Democratic Party’s core constituency. She tweeted: “We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. We have seen unthinkable […]
Ilhan Omar accuses US and Israel of crimes against humanity, equates both with Hamas and Taliban
We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban. I asked @SecBlinken where people are supposed to go for justice. pic.twitter.com/tUtxW5cIow — Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) June 7, 2021 If anyone accuses […]
Afghanistan: 20 Muslims killed or injured as bomb explodes inside mosque
This story says that ten Muslims were killed as a bomb went off in their hideout, and then says that 20 others were killed or injured in “a similar blast among Taliban militants inside a mosque.” That suggests that the bomb that went off was being stored or constructed, or both, in the mosque. There […]
Afghanistan: Muslims publicly whip three people for eating during Ramadan
Muslim and non-Muslim analysts often tell us that many Muslims hate the West for its decadence, its immorality, its lasciviousness, which they contrast unfavorably with the supposed morality and uprightness of the Islamic world. Often this boils down to a Muslim critique of Western “freedom,” especially as Bush and Obama (and now Biden’s handlers) pursued […]
CENTCOM top dog: it will be difficult to battle terrorism in Afghanistan without U.S. troops in the country
Here we go: McKenzie and his colleagues are laying the groundwork to keep American troops there indefinitely, as expected. It will always be possible to make the argument that we simply have to keep troops there, because once we are gone, bad things will happen. So how long must we stay? Five more years? Ten? […]