the pervasive sentiment on :reddit-logo: is that the Taliban are just wantonly raping and pillaging, but how much of that is reality vs typical :amerikkka: jingoism.

it doesn't make sense to me why the nominal liberators of the imperialist regime would just turn around and destroy the same country that they're liberating. though I don't doubt that it must be happening at some level, surely the incidence of rape and murder is less than that inflicted by actual invaders, right? I just would have to believe that there would be fighting going on from many pockets if such acts were occurring at large scales.

  • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    we don't know a lot of the on the ground details, but it's not good that's for sure. the Taliban are like really really bad, this is not the North Vietnamese army liberating Saigon here we're talking about. yes a lot of it is being played up by lib outlets, yes a lot of it is "those savages!!!", but the Taliban are not nice guys here either fam, they have done a lot LOT worse that has been factually proven in the past