A reader responds to my commentary vis a vis getting out of Afghanistan:
I’ve been having similar thoughts Hue. Patience is antithetical to our culture, we want things resolved by the end of the hour. But if we think of it more as a long series with hour-long episodes, we might be able to take a longer view. I think by getting out of the way the Afghans and other influencers may have to actually deal with each other. China, Russia, Pakistan, India and others need to figure out where things go.
And if I’m really Pollyannaish maybe we can hope for the Taliban to actually govern millions of people, including women and girls, who have been educated, worked in society, etc. over the last 20 plus years.
We can hope. In the end, we may see the Taliban “ruling” an Afghanistan which mutates into a form more to our liking. I doubt they’ll ever become a democratic republic, but their incarnation of twenty-plus years ago didn’t work out so well, either. Between the people and ISIS-K they may have to change and improve, or die.
