Quote (Prox1m1ty @ Jan 20 2024 01:04pm)
You don't need the Taliban in order to not have Bachi Bazi.
Its possible to persecute sex traffickers but also let woman get an education; Those two concepts don't have to be prisoners of each other.
Is the Taliban the best option of last resort? Probably. It doesn't mean they are not utterly terrible, for at least half the population.
In principle you are right, they don't need the Taliban to get rid of it.
But in reality, the Taliban are the only ones who care about and take action towards getting rid of it. In an ideal world, the Taliban would also be supportive of women's education & rights.
We supported and enabled it during our occupation (the most disgusting stain on our foreign policy in the last century at least)
If we're lucky, the majority of those warlords have already been flayed or dragged behind a car by now.
My view is that Afghanistan has to be left alone to develop on it's own, much like Western society developed into the Enlightenment. They are very backwards people but cultural change doesn't often come through force