General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAm I the only one who doesn't see true leadership in this photo?
Anyone there you'd want to vote for?
Sneederbunk
(14,278 posts)Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)marble falls
(57,010 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,294 posts)Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,294 posts)Bettie
(16,072 posts)and you have a Proud Boys meeting.
TheBlackAdder
(28,167 posts)LizBeth
(9,952 posts)lpbk2713
(42,737 posts)That is, if they could separate themselves from their rifles long enough.
Ed: How many of them have twelve-year-old "wives"?
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)dalton99a
(81,403 posts)"They have never governed any space. They are not a government. At least they certainly they weren't then and we don't know what they are now. They have imposed their form of fundamentalism and radical Islamic Sharia on a population, not all of whom believe in that. We do not know how they are going to react to now being in charge. Last time they didn't give a hoot about what the rest of the world thought. They did exactly what they wanted, backed by enough power from Pakistan and certain other quarters of the world ... certainly, women are right to be incredibly scared. Let us not forget that the designation of the Taliban as a terrorist organization still stands, and it's a very big ask to think this is going to be some kind of inclusive government with rights for all."
- Christiane Amanpour
FakeNoose
(32,587 posts)They're socially backward with little education or cultural awareness, and they have a strict, conservative religion. But unlike the Amish, they're mean fuckers with guns.
wyn borkins
(1,109 posts)Kota
(901 posts)iemanja
(53,012 posts)They won the war. They control the country now. It doesn't matter what we may think of them.
ansible
(1,718 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and total indifference to and cluelessness about what that picture shows -- after 20 years of thinking we should help make them like us -- is irrelevant. At best.
This is not a picture of them, but of people in an Afghan village. Not men coming in from hard work or battle, is all.
marble falls
(57,010 posts)... and you get this ...
https://i.insider.com/58d03759d349f91e008b5976?width=1200
dalton99a
(81,403 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)Still no leader in either picture - just "wanna be"s and sycophants.
Biophilic
(3,630 posts)men and the picture on the back wall. I'm sort of surprised they left it up for the photo. Just one of life's too weird to not be true. Sometimes I think we really do live in an insane asylum.
TxGuitar
(4,177 posts)Thinking of all of the sci-fi shows that have the characters go to alternate universes (like the Star Trek one where Spock had a beard). The alt universes are always bad and evil and are societies that exist for the powerful at the expense of all others. It makes me think we live in one of those alternate universes that the shows visit.
Biophilic
(3,630 posts)prevail and people take care of each other and their communities and don't think evil of others. Hopefully...
demosincebirth
(12,529 posts)SYFROYH
(34,162 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,298 posts)Leith
(7,808 posts)I don't see anybody I'd want to share a sidewalk with.
lindysalsagal
(20,583 posts)at least from the pic.