About the phrase that "the Taliban want to live in the Middle Ages." Why? The afghan Taliban want to live something like they live in Saudi Arabia.
Remember, there is such an absolute medieval monarchy, where, in principle, there are no elections, and all political parties are banned? Where the authorities do not care about the so-called "human rights" at all. And there is no need to talk about women's rights. Where opponents of the regime are regularly executed, well, or simply cut into pieces. And the death penalty is also imposed there for atheism, divination, causing magic spell damage and other similar cases. Where slavery actually exists. In general, this is one of the most disgusting regimes on the whole globe.
And how often is it condemned, as from the rostrum of the UN or in the world media? You just not suppose to write badly about them. Must not! Because the Saudis are the best friends and partners of the liberal West.
Well, then why did you offended by the Taliban? Just some simple guys...
Once an author on the Internet made one very interesting observation. Saudi Arabia lives on 95% of oil, this is a fact, and the remaining 5% are dates, Islamic tourism, carpets, pistachios. This is all-income that is not provided by labor, and if you suddenly remove all the oil at once , there will be practically nothing left, there will be Mauritania or Chad.
But the kingdom lives, like few other countries in the Islamic world, on a grand scale, here you have six-lane autobahns, skyscrapers and smartphones with rhinestones.
Therefore, the poor people who come to the Hajj from poor Islamic countries, some pashtuns or sudanese negroes, see this fairy tale from 1001 nights, and gain confidence that the kingdom, where strict Sharia laws, where women are beaten with sticks for driving a car and thieves' hands are amputated, is given prosperity from above. It is for observing the rituals and laws of the Muslim faith. Therefore, returning to their impoverished holes, these unfortunate people grab hold of automatic guns and begin to establish Sharia - they think that this is how they will get rid of poverty.
Do you want to laugh at naive pashtuns? But wait a minute.
There are a lot of people in the modern West, who think that the current well-being of Western Europe and the United States is not connected with colonial wars and various modern forms of exploitation of third world countries (for understanding of that you still need to make some intellectual effort) but with the liberal "democracy".
"We just need to hold fair elections and elect the right candidates, who will be pointed out by wise people. And in 5 years everything will be like in paradise. 100% !"
