The Taleban: Safe Roads and Everything Else
Robert Fisk continues his perverse drive to propound his deeply "alternative" point of view in this Independent article, evincing nostalgia for the Taleban's comforting law and order policy:
If nothing else, the Taliban made the roads and villages of Afghanistan safe for Afghans and foreigners alike. Now, you can scarcely drive from Kabul to Jalalabad.
If nothing else? Perhaps I'm paranoid (strike that-- I know I'm paranoid) but I can't help feeling he writes this way with the express purpose of driving me to newer and ever more dangerous levels of apoplexy. Has he, in fact, if nothing else in the way of common decency, no concern for the welfare of his unfortunate readers?
I'm not even going to bother to list "everything else" included (at no extra charge) in the Taleban's gift to the world. But how about this one, from today's Times? Yep, the Taleban's swell transportation system and the efficiency of their Religous Police almost makes you miss 'em-- except for that little matter of operating a brisk business selling the orphaned children of their victims as sex slaves. How does this man sleep at night?
Posted by Dr. Frank at December 23, 2001 04:08 AM | TrackBack