> The world may be 2021, but their lifestyle is still that of hundreds of years earlier.
First of all, Afghanistan was not always Taliban country. There was huge amount of people living completely different lifestyle - women in miniskirts were normal. Until invasion of Russian armies in the process of exporting communism and eventual victory of Taliban via arms.
> If western ideology is correct, why not let them sort it themselves out and get to the point where we are?
This is not fight of ideologies, but of violence. Second, this is an odd theory of history in which "right" ideology wins and nothing in history confirms that. As good feel this theory is, it is not how world works.
> Also, in a decentralized and failing state that is Afghanistan, a theological junta wouldn't be so bad for them now seeing as it's a structure many know.
This is not theological junta tho.
> Injustices happen everywhere worldwide. The system the Taliban is reinforcing (yet again...) is hardly something as unethical as a corrupt and failing democracy where women can't even trust the law to protect them.
It is hard to parse this. Injustices happen everywhere, some places more then others. Some places are more cruel and unjust than others. Taliban is among those more oppressive and unjust.
> where women can't even trust the law to protect them.
Women have better protection ... pretty much everywhere else. For instance, forced marriages to taliban fighters are still a thing, for instance. It is absurd how you minimize level of violence and basically slavery half population is subject of.
Just because Americans failed to achieve goals does not mean that Taliban is not as cruel, injust or oppressive toward half of population as it is. Pretending otherwise might make you feel better, but it does not make it reality.
First of all, Afghanistan was not always Taliban country. There was huge amount of people living completely different lifestyle - women in miniskirts were normal. Until invasion of Russian armies in the process of exporting communism and eventual victory of Taliban via arms.
> If western ideology is correct, why not let them sort it themselves out and get to the point where we are?
This is not fight of ideologies, but of violence. Second, this is an odd theory of history in which "right" ideology wins and nothing in history confirms that. As good feel this theory is, it is not how world works.
> Also, in a decentralized and failing state that is Afghanistan, a theological junta wouldn't be so bad for them now seeing as it's a structure many know.
This is not theological junta tho.
> Injustices happen everywhere worldwide. The system the Taliban is reinforcing (yet again...) is hardly something as unethical as a corrupt and failing democracy where women can't even trust the law to protect them.
It is hard to parse this. Injustices happen everywhere, some places more then others. Some places are more cruel and unjust than others. Taliban is among those more oppressive and unjust.
> where women can't even trust the law to protect them.
Women have better protection ... pretty much everywhere else. For instance, forced marriages to taliban fighters are still a thing, for instance. It is absurd how you minimize level of violence and basically slavery half population is subject of.
Just because Americans failed to achieve goals does not mean that Taliban is not as cruel, injust or oppressive toward half of population as it is. Pretending otherwise might make you feel better, but it does not make it reality.