# I pit the Taliban **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271 "2012-10-10T00:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271/61 "2012-10-11T19:34:29Z")
It seems the distance is really the issue here. Because I know a lot of dopers (myself included) have expressed outrage at say, the increasingly more militarized police actions in our cities and towns, specially when the result is the death of innocent people. If this kind of stuff was happening here and not to “those” people over there, I’m sure most doper’s opinion on what the threshold for “tolerable” collateral damage would change drastically and the fuck quickly. Hell, why don’t we blow up terrorists here at home? Let’s say Yusif the terrorists lives next door to you. Why doesn’t the government blow the f up out of the building, killing him, and your wife/son/daughter, etc? I mean you’d be fine with that, right? Perfectly justified. If anything, this terrorists represents a FAR more imminent danger than some dude wearing rags living in west bubble-fuck 4,000 miles away carrying an outdated, poorly kept fire arm, right? ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271/62 "2012-10-11T20:56:00Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I, for one, condemn the fucking of kids, especially dead kids. Even kimballkids? To be brutally honest, I’d far prefer someone fuck a dead kid than a live one as long as the necrophiliac paedophile didn’t murder the child. They’re no longer living, they don’t have to experience the torment. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271/63 "2012-10-12T00:56:17Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I’ve worked in conflict zones for over ten years and let me tell you something: a dead kid is a dead fucking kid. I am so fucking sick of this “we’re so much better than th **sand niggers** ” bullshit. The fact is we have slaughtered thousands more children than bin Laden could ever dream of killing, and because the killers did it by pushing a button and did it because the want to go to school on the GI bill doesn’t mean shit. We know that our wars kill kids, but we cloak ourselves in bullshit to pretend it doesn’t. At least the Taliban aren’t such pussies abou it. Dat’s racist 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271/64 "2012-10-13T15:04:39Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > They and their ilk would die off along with their violent ideology if not for the legions of angry bystanders with amputee relatives we inspire to line up to take their places. Exactly the opposite is true. Just about the very first thing the Taliban did upon coming to power in the 90’s was start a genocide against Shia muslims in the country. There simply is no “pretend they’re not there and they’ll go away” with the Taliban. They do not have the military means to invade and depose the US Gov’t. But they can, and will, export terrorism in any form they can. They do want to form an Islamic Caliphate. They are already in control of areas of Pakistan. Ironically, in the years to come the US may end up allying with Iran to try and curb Taliban influence in the region. Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271/65 "2012-10-15T03:40:23Z")
Islamic terrorism does not need a reason. For ex. 26/11 Mumbai attacks were not because of Kashmir. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271/66 "2012-10-15T04:08:50Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > So then how are we supposed to wage modern warfare? For better or for worse drone warfare causes far less collateral damage than conventional air strikes or artillery bombardment. We are not specifically hunting out kids to kill them. Do you truly think we, with all our imperfections, are morally equivalent to a bunch of savages who find it acceptable to publically execute women in sports stadiums? I agree 100 percent. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271/67 "2012-10-15T05:00:16Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > So if the Taliban in Pakistan decide that killing a child is in their political interests, that is evil. But if the US decides that it is in our political interests to pursue policies that will surely kill children (albeit, unintentionally), that is ok? I’m sure that is great comfort to the parents of the dead children. Sanctions against Apartheid South Africa certainly caused many children to die. Pleasr explain why you think people advocating sanctions against Apartheid South Africa were evil or comparable to Taliban gunmen who shot Malala? Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-taliban/637271.md?page=3)