Any chance the Taliban has evolved?

[Gaius46]

They got a gift, a dozen or so American fighter jets.

I doubt anyone in the Taliban can fly them let alone employ them as weapons. And even if they can without parts and maintenance they wont be flyable for long.

 

[Gaius46]

I hope they’ve evolved and will actually try to run the country instead of just killing people but I have my doubts.

 

[slick]

I'm optimistic.

I think they'll behave.

Our goal was to stop Afghanistan from harboring terrorists and exporting terrorism.

We might reach our goal yet.


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They have behaved to a limited extent so far. IMO they'll be 30% more charitable to
those opposed to their edicts than they were before.

 

[Juin]

Of course they had. The old Taliban was very much a Pashtun ethnic militia.

The modern Taliban has gone out of their way to broaden their appeal and present themselves as a legitimate government.

They have absolutely changed, just not in a way that means much to most people.

I am inclined to believe the Taliban has evolved. Dont get me wrong, not evolved like in going from Freddy Krueger to Mother Theresa. Maybe Freddy Krueger to Charles Manson. Unless they are devilishly clever, it seems to me like their Press Conferences suggests an appreciation on their part that they are part of a larger world community, whose views they are prepared to listen to, if not accept, but at least give due consideration.

But an evolved Taliban runs its own risks. If they have become too soft, they may not last for too long. The hard Taliban at ground level has not been toiling for two decades, getting bombed by Great Satan, droned day in and day out, just to set up a Talibanlite