Quote Originally Posted by Dayuhan View Post
What if it's the government that ignores the rule of law, refuses to negotiate, and resorts to violence? It happens, and it's a good reason to be very careful about choosing what governments we want to support and deciding what insurgents need to be countered.
Or what if we, the US, crammed a completely unworkable and illegitimate over-centralized government down the throats of Afghanistan as a whole?

The kind of government that rewards bad behavior and has zero responsiveness to localities that are not dominated by Pashtuns. You know, the same Pashtuns that are the Taliban, by and large. (I know, I know, there are IMU out there, but I digress.)