first let me make myself clear. this is a genuine question after a series of personal interviews with just 2 afghans. both of which have caused me massive confusion !!! the reason i say this is because i thought that afghans were alll very educated, holding advanced college degrees and were sophisticated intelligent society wanting a CIVIL SOCIETY.
now enter my 2 afghan friends that poke a hole in my balloon and sending that idea crashing back to reality. they tell me overwhelmingly that afghanistan for the most part is a rural undeveloped country with maybe 3 or 4 metropolitan cities. (kabul, kandehar, and Mazari Sharif)
Literacy rate of the country is only 25%. Meaning 75% of the nation is ILLITERATE !!!!! But i said "so what, doesn’t mean they don’t want democracy" Then they cornered me in the arguement and asked me a series of questions i couldn’t answer . so i thought i present them to the afghans on this forum and to get a wider range of answers. Because these ex-patriots of afghanistan were really trying to paint that afghans DESERVE Taliban rule since their thinking is so alike. anyways here are the questions they asked me…..
Since Afghanistan is a Patriarch Society i’m going to put this in a male context….. since their the ones with the guns and alllll. (cause the most trouble)
1) Does an average Afghan man want his Wife to have a College Education ??
2) Does an average Afghan man want a Civil Society with Rule of Law butting in and telling him to NOT BEAT HIS WIFE ???
3) Does an average Afghan man want a Society that respects Individual Rights that allow people to have any hairstyle they like or choose whatever clothing they like ??
4) Does an average Afghan man want a Civil Society that is Governed by Rule of Law that tells him he can’t sell his daughter off to pay a debt ??
5) Does the average Afghan want a Civil Society which tells him that he must send his children to school for an education rather than forcing them unto the streets to work ????
—i mean with a Taliban Rule this is all Zabiha/Halal and is not a problem. But in a DEMOCRACTIC government this is NOT ALLOWED. so u tell me do afghans WANT A DEMOCRACY ??? or do they want Taliban but just a Lighter version of it ??????
EDIT ::: yaaaah i agree. i’m beginning to understand. People of Afghanistan and Taliban is a Love/Hate Marriage. i think a simple majority of the populace WANT Taliban. i mean, sure, there are people who want Democracy but they are the minority. I would say 60% want Taliban and 40% want Democracy. And that’s why America’s effort will FAIL in the long run. Because Afghans just like their way of life the way it is. to me it’s sad but hey if that’s what the majority want then that’s what they will get sooner or laaater
