UnderpantsWeevil , 4 hours ago

Islamic terrorism has almost exclusively been the domain of Wahhabists like Al-Queada and Islamic State

And, you know… some other guys…

Also, uh… some people closer to home

And lest they be forgotten…

There’s an old joke about the Anti-American Terrorist and the Pro-American Freedom Fighter being the same dude pointed in different directions. The Taliban, being once again in control of the Afghani government, isn’t going to see itself as a “terrorist organization” any more than the Philadelphia PD bombing your house would.

The Taliban is currently fighting Islamic State Khorasan Province, which is largely constituted of former collaborators of the coalition government.

The Moderate Rebels! Easy to forget that ISIS used to be an ally of

• Israel
• Syria
• Turkey
• Saudi Arabia
• Qatar
• United States

By turns. I’m sure that, while folks on CNN clutch their pearls and cry to the heavens about the horrors perpetuated by the Taliban on women, LGBTQ groups, minority religions, cough drug traffickers cough, and American business interests in the region, we’re going to hear very little about the politics of this particular incarnation of the Islamic State.