Amid calls for more boots on the ground, Trump will send top N.S. adviser to Afghanistan

[MindWars]

WASHINGTON — The White House will dispatch National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan where he will assess whether more military personnel are needed to break the stalemate there.
Amid calls for more boots on the ground, Trump will send top adviser to Afghanistan

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Well this should be interesting, esp. since it has been discovered that Russia and Afghanistan have some bs going on .

 

[yiostheoy]

We should have let the Russians keep Afghanistan when they were there.

No good deed goes unpunished.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Trump should walk into a taliban cave and pull down his pants....

His dick would scare them.

 

[BULLDOG]

Trump should walk into a taliban cave and pull down his pants....

His dick would scare them.

I doubt they would be able to see it. His ass would entice them though.

 

[heil hitler]

Oh great...Trump is sending HR Puffinstuff to Afshittystan. We should be nuking them within the week.

 

[Onyx]

The Afghan government and Taliban were close to establishing an armistice and even a peace treaty only a couple years ago. Taliban representatives were expressing interests in peace talks and transitioning to becoming a political party within the new government. They established two foreign embassies during this time. Not sure what happened to change that though.

Even though the Taliban were brutal in their rule and wanted sharia law, their ultimate goal was forming a legitimate nation state. Giving them political representation in the government may be the only quick path to peace. NATO member states have no issue sucking Saudi cock, and they have sharia law..

I'll say this though: Ashraf Ghani needs to go. He is viewed in Afghanistan as a corrupt American puppet, and I am inclined to agree.

 

[heil hitler]

The Afghan government and Taliban were close to establishing an armistice and even a peace treaty only a couple years ago. Taliban representatives were expressing interests in peace talks and transitioning to becoming a political party within the new government. They established two foreign embassies during this time. Not sure what happened to change that though.

AND...that is what the Afghan people WANTED.

 

[Onyx]

We should have let the Russians keep Afghanistan when they were there.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Let me quickly dispense this bullshit cold war propaganda.

The Soviet-War in Afghanistan was successful in establishing a socialist republic that was capable of defending itself without a foreign military presence. Did you know that the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan lasted 3 years after Soviet troops pulled out of country, and 1 year after the fall of the Soviet Union itself?

Americans were so eager to paint out Afghanistan as being the Soviet's Vietnam. It just doesn't shake up to reality.

 

[Onyx]

AND...that is what the Afghan people WANTED.

There's a lot more evidence that the majority of Afghani citizens do not want Sharia law. The Taliban came to power with lesser numbers and foreign assistance from Pakistan, Iran, and Russia. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan had just transitioned from the DRA, and had a fledgling government and military with no foreign backing. Even after it's collapse though, popular resistance against the Taliban never died. Most of the former Mujaheddin commanders that had fought the Soviets formed the Northern Alliance, which was highly respected and beloved among both the Pashtun and ethnic minorities.

Afghanistan's first elections after the overthrow of the Taliban saw secular and moderate candidates at the forefront. Today more Afghani citizens are fighting in the Afghan National Army than in Taliban militias.

 

[heil hitler]

AND...that is what the Afghan people WANTED.

There's a lot more evidence that the majority of Afghani citizens do not want Sharia law. The Taliban came to power with lesser numbers and foreign assistance from Pakistan, Iran, and Russia. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan had just transitioned from the DRA, and had a fledgling government and military with no foreign backing. Even after it's collapse though, popular resistance against the Taliban never died. Most of the former Mujaheddin commanders that had fought the Soviets formed the Northern Alliance, which was highly respected and beloved among both the Pashtun and ethnic minorities.

Afghanistan's first elections after the overthrow of the Taliban saw secular and moderate candidates at the forefront. Today more Afghani citizens are fighting in the Afghan National Army than in Taliban militias.

I worked with the Afghan for a year and I can tell you after developing relationships and speaking with many while embedded...they want Sharia. Make no mistake about that. They have allegiance to tribe, then religion, then family, then country.
"The percentage of Muslims who say they want sharia to be “the official law of the land” varies widely around the world, from fewer than one-in-ten in Azerbaijan (8%) to near unanimity in Afghanistan (99%)."
Pew Study: Muslim Afghans Want Sharia to be Law of the Land

 

[Onyx]

I worked with the Afghan for a year and I can tell you after developing relationships and speaking with many while embedded...they want Sharia. Make no mistake about that. They have allegiance to tribe, then religion, then family, then country.
"The percentage of Muslims who say they want sharia to be “the official law of the land” varies widely around the world, from fewer than one-in-ten in Azerbaijan (8%) to near unanimity in Afghanistan (99%)."

I'll quickly point out that Sharia law isn't necessarily the strict Wahhabi interpretations promoted by Saudi Arabia and Al-Qaeda. In general it just means Islamic religious law. We conflate all sharia law as being wahhabi, whereas most Muslims do not.

Let me correct myself though. Afghani citizens do not want the strict and brutal Islamic law that they had under Taliban.

 

[heil hitler]

I worked with the Afghan for a year and I can tell you after developing relationships and speaking with many while embedded...they want Sharia. Make no mistake about that. They have allegiance to tribe, then religion, then family, then country.
"The percentage of Muslims who say they want sharia to be “the official law of the land” varies widely around the world, from fewer than one-in-ten in Azerbaijan (8%) to near unanimity in Afghanistan (99%)."

I'll quickly point out that Sharia law isn't necessarily the strict Wahhabi interpretations promoted by Saudi Arabia and Al-Qaeda. In general it just means Islamic religious law. We conflate all sharia law as being wahhabi, whereas most Muslims do not.

Let me correct myself though. Afghani citizens do not want the strict and brutal Islamic law that they had under Taliban.

Sharia is Sharia. Islam has never had a reformation, There is no strict and loose Sharia. On top of that in Afghanistan you have a social code called Pashtunwali. It is often more severe than Islam and quite often precedes Islam.
However, if you would like to see the Afghan version of Sharia that Afghans are in favor of. This was approved by local government officials in 2015;

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[Onyx]

Sharia is Sharia. Islam has never had a reformation, There is no strict and loose Sharia.

That's not true at all. There is one sharia law, but multiple interpretations of that sharia law. It isn't as extreme in Egypt and Morroco as it is in Saudi Arabia or Malaysia.

 

[heil hitler]

Sharia is Sharia. Islam has never had a reformation, There is no strict and loose Sharia.

That's not true at all. There is one sharia law, but multiple interpretations of that sharia law. It isn't as extreme in Egypt and Morroco as it is in Saudi Arabia or Malaysia.

You are mixing predominantly Islamic nations willy nilly. Saudi Arabia is the only nation you listed which has full, codified Sharia in place. All of the others listed are not the same.
Compare Afghanistan (which I displayed) with Saudi, Sudan or Mauritania, formal, full Sharia states. I think you will find that they are quite similar.
Application of Islamic law by country - Wikipedia