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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums5 Ways the "Mooch Militia" Resemble the Taliban
http://www.juancole.com/2014/04/resembles-pakistans-taliban.htmlI would have added that both militias are defending desert scrubland, though the Taliban are not moochers.
(By Juan Cole)
1. Federal versus local control of land
Pakistan: The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Pakistan is ruled directly from the capital, Islamabad, rather than having an elected provincial government or legislature. The local tribes such as Mehsud, from which the Taliban are recruited, want more local autonomy.
Nevada: The Federal government owns 87% of the land in Nevada and rules on land use there. Some local ranchers, such as Cliven Bundy, want local, state and county control over this land instead.
2. Conflicts over Resources
Pakistan: Local tribes in the FATA region often clash over resources such as access to irrigated land, and the Federal government has intervened: the government would not allow any group or tribe to take arbitrary actions in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)
Nevada : Cliven Bundy is grazing his cattle on Federal land in order to take advantage of its pasturage (a sort of water resource) but has come into conflict with Bureau of Land Management officials.
3. Rejection of Federal authority
Pakistan: The Taliban of Northern Waziristan in FATA have their own local Emirate, rejecting the Federal government.
Nevada: Cliven Bundy and the Militia movement that supports him reject Federal ownership of land in Nevada, and only recognize the Nevada government.
4. Taking up Arms
Pakistan: Local clans in FATA have taken up arms against Federal forces where the latter have tried to assert themselves there.
Nevada: When Federal officers of the Bureau of Land Management attempted to confiscate some of Bundys cattle because of non-payment of grazing fees, he and his 1000 militia supporters brandished guns at the scene, threatening violence.
5. Resistance to taxes
Pakistan: Although FATA residents are exempted from Federal income tax, the government is imposing retail and other taxes on them, as with a tax on cell phones. They reject paying this phone tax to the Federal government.
Nevada: Bundy refuses to pay a grazing fee to the Federal government.
That Sean Hannity and other far right wing pundits are supporting the regional militiamen and their mooching hero rather than the US government gives you an idea what side theyd be on if they were in Pakistan
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5 Ways the "Mooch Militia" Resemble the Taliban (Original Post)
Fred Sanders
Apr 2014
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Worse. The Taliban once ran the government, the moocher militiaman can not run a camp site.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2014
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Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)1. this is silly.
meow2u3
(24,759 posts)2. Here's a 6th thing the Taliban and the Scofflaw Militia has in common
They're both gangs of thuggish fanatics who think they have all the answers to society's problems.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)3. Worse. The Taliban once ran the government, the moocher militiaman can not run a camp site.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)4. Good comparsion, we have red states passing Taliban and sharia type laws.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)5. Taliban fights and dies for their cause. These people talk and hide behind women. No comparison. n/t