File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_2001/anarchy-list.0109, message 296


From: "Ali Kazmi" <thekazmis2001-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: The anarcho-trenchist response
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:01:13 +0500



> The Northern Alliance is made up of several organisations which are only
> united as far as opposition against the Taliban is concerned. What will
> happen if this alliance gets into power with US assistance? More fighting
> until they have sufficiently 'discussed' the matter of who will be the
> winner in the end? Even though Haroon Ameen from N.A. denied this in a CNN
> interview tonight and said they'd learned from past experience, this
> remains to be seen. A fight breaking out among the N.A. after the Taliban
> were removed will certainly prolong the misery of the Afghan population.

I agree with you that there is no real viable alternative to the Taliban.
However, the Taliban cannot be considered the lesser of evils. Whether they
shelter Osama or not is not the point, neither are the motives of USA for
trying to remove them. They are currently engaged in massive social
reengineering in Afghanistan, warping the people they rule. Their strictures
will create a generation of psychotics. Any one for any reason taking them
out will be doing the Afghan people a favor. Taliban control of 90% of the
country for the previous 5 years did not bring about any improvement in the
lives of the afghans living in the area, refugees still flood out of the
country. None of the refugees in Pakistan want to go back to afghanistan.

Yes, I agree that Dostum or Rabbani or Zahir Shah aren't real alternatives.
However, for Afghanistan to survive they have to find some alternative. And
remember, the Taliban aren't a monolithic block, once they had started
winning, quite a few warlords joined them, so if just the hardcore Taliban
are removed, and a coalition of the rest with opposition groups is formed,
that might work.

regards

Ali


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