Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 2:30:17 GMT -5
There is no fix for this; Saying it at this point in history, at least shows my naivety and says nothing in my favor. Again a confrontation, a clash of East against West, the Taliban against humanity. Reason, against radical religious unreason. Everything, when we have not recovered from that Cold War, the Soviet Union against the world, of which we still have evidence of conflicts; of communism versus democracy, as some people continue to say. The Taliban triumph represents the end of the experiment of trying to democratize a country divided by tribal antagonisms and where the force of Islamism is rooted in popular culture, particularly in rural areas where 80% of the population resides. Germany under Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime lost the war against the Allies. On this winning side, two powers were competing for leadership: the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In 1949, the United States and its allies joined forces through the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), while states under the influence of the Soviet Union signed the Warsaw Pact in.
For decades, Americans and Soviets competed to extend their influence in many areas and these continue: weapons manufacturing, sports competitions, trade agreements, or space exploration. All to prove that their system is better. Luckily, their rivalry never broke out into a nuclear war, which is why this confrontation is called the Cold War. These days, the fall of Kabul means Australia Phone Number the defeat of the United States, as well as that of its NATO allies; also the failure of the West, not for trying to establish peace, but for trying to impose democratization in Afghanistan, against the Soviet Union, which supported the government of the Democratic Republic. The US assisted the Islamic militants to confront the Russian forces. In 1994 the Taliban movement emerged, in 1996 the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was created, until the intervention of the US, after the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 by Al-Qaeda. The Taliban triumph represents the end of the experiment of trying to democratize a country divided by tribal antagonisms and where the force of Islamism is rooted in popular culture, particularly in rural areas where 80% of the population resides.
Attempts to establish a government with a popularly elected president and parliament were not enough to convince Afghans of the advantages of democracy. The liberal ideals that the United States proclaims do not constitute a sufficient incentive in this context. Democracy in the West emerged after a long process of confrontation of ideas, where reason confronted the irrational forces of the Church. When these ideas were claimed by the majority, the change of political regime and the valorization of freedom, human rights and aspirations for equality were possible, which although today are part of the Western heritage, are still rejected in vast parts of the world. With the triumph of the Taliban, the Afghan people will once again be subjected to religious oppression, where the only option will be to accept submission, exile, prison or death. Once again the West overestimated its message, imposing it thinking it was universal. Despite the history, little has been learned. I am a child of the Cold War, I was born in 1949 and despite my life fighting for equality, social justice, solidarity and democracy, my strength is resentful and my spirit is losing hope that everything will go in other directions.
For decades, Americans and Soviets competed to extend their influence in many areas and these continue: weapons manufacturing, sports competitions, trade agreements, or space exploration. All to prove that their system is better. Luckily, their rivalry never broke out into a nuclear war, which is why this confrontation is called the Cold War. These days, the fall of Kabul means Australia Phone Number the defeat of the United States, as well as that of its NATO allies; also the failure of the West, not for trying to establish peace, but for trying to impose democratization in Afghanistan, against the Soviet Union, which supported the government of the Democratic Republic. The US assisted the Islamic militants to confront the Russian forces. In 1994 the Taliban movement emerged, in 1996 the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was created, until the intervention of the US, after the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 by Al-Qaeda. The Taliban triumph represents the end of the experiment of trying to democratize a country divided by tribal antagonisms and where the force of Islamism is rooted in popular culture, particularly in rural areas where 80% of the population resides.
Attempts to establish a government with a popularly elected president and parliament were not enough to convince Afghans of the advantages of democracy. The liberal ideals that the United States proclaims do not constitute a sufficient incentive in this context. Democracy in the West emerged after a long process of confrontation of ideas, where reason confronted the irrational forces of the Church. When these ideas were claimed by the majority, the change of political regime and the valorization of freedom, human rights and aspirations for equality were possible, which although today are part of the Western heritage, are still rejected in vast parts of the world. With the triumph of the Taliban, the Afghan people will once again be subjected to religious oppression, where the only option will be to accept submission, exile, prison or death. Once again the West overestimated its message, imposing it thinking it was universal. Despite the history, little has been learned. I am a child of the Cold War, I was born in 1949 and despite my life fighting for equality, social justice, solidarity and democracy, my strength is resentful and my spirit is losing hope that everything will go in other directions.