It’s a big lesson for America, too, in fact, many lessons, regarding Islam, Sharia, nation-building, and more, but no one in power, and I mean no one, shows even the smallest glimmer of an inclination to learn them.
“Taliban revels in US ‘defeat,’ says withdrawal a ‘big lesson for other invaders,’” Times of Israel, August 31, 2021:
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban held full control of Kabul’s international airport Tuesday after the last US plane left its runway, marking the end of America’s longest war and leaving behind a now-quiet airfield and Afghans outside it still hoping to flee the insurgents’ rule.
Vehicles raced back and forth along the Hamid Karzai International Airport’s sole runway on the northern military side of the airfield. Before dawn broke, heavily armed Taliban fighters walked through hangars on the military side, passing some of the seven CH-46 helicopters the US State Department used in its evacuations before rendering them unflyable.
Taliban leaders later symbolically walked across the runway, marking their victory.
“Congratulations to Afghanistan… this victory belongs to us all,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters from the runway of the airport.
The defeat of America was a “big lesson for other invaders and for our future generation,” Mujahid said a number of hours after the last foreign troops departed Afghanistan.
He said “it is also a lesson for the world,” but added that the Taliban wants “to have good relations with the US and the world. We welcome good diplomatic relations with them all.”…
“After 20 years we have defeated the Americans,” said Mohammad Islam, a Taliban guard at the airport from Logar province cradling a Kalashnikov rifle. “They have left and now our country is free.”
He added: “It’s clear what we want. We want Sharia (Islamic law), peace and stability.”
Mohammad Naeem, a spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, similarly praised the takeover in an online video early Tuesday.
“Thank God all the occupiers have left our country completely,” he said, congratulating fighters by referring to them as mujahedeen, or holy warriors. “This victory was given to us by God. It was due to 20 years of sacrifice by the mujahedeen and its leaders. Many mujahedeen sacrificed their lives.”…
Buraq says
I’m going to make a prediction that few would believe! Within a few months, at the latest, the Taliban will stone a woman to death in Kabul — just to prove Shariah is boss! And the West will make excuses for this barbarity.
Mark my words!
Westman says
I’ll go further and predict they will soon be fighting among themselves and with regional warlords over the “aid” that Western countries, having learned nothing about Islam, will pour into Afghanistan.
Hamas and the PA have set shining examples of how to “skim” with a virtual excavator. Islam will kill a woman for not obeying Sharia rule yet tolerate incredible corruption among the men. Shariah succeeds in Afghanistan because the men treasure and have fought for their dominant position over females.
It was never about freedom for all citizens, just power for the men and dominance over women; which were in jeopardy while the West had control.
Some Western women are mortified by the reality that most young men are driven toward sexual experience. Islam capitalizes on that drive, offering polygamy on earth and virgin sex on demand in Jannah(Islam’s paradise). It even demands that earthly wives must offer up themselves, any time, and any place(even a camel saddle!).
The central reason that Muslim nations never reach their potential is Islam’s treatment of women. China has shown conclusively that even Communism can make economic and technical progress when women are given rights and expected to contribute their talents.
What a damning observation: Communism is more progressive than Islam! It’s going to be interesting when China starts making demands on its investments in the ME.
No armies can end Islam. It will be education, the West’s respect for women, and Muslim women’s demands upon the men that will drive its decline. Humans copy success and the entire world is on display, in living color, in the palm of a hand. The decline of Islam has already begun.
Kepha says
Westman: As for China’s women, while those of the upper crust had their feet bound, peasant women were the ones who did the selling of the produce, and for sharpness and sales ability, they were always without peer. Further, Communist China prospered only after–in terms of its founding ideology-selling its soul to the devil.
OLD GUY says
That’s why Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries don’t allow and control western visitors and strictly outlaw the bringing of BIBLES into the country.
Eva says
It won’t take that long. I’d say it will happen within days.
gravenimage says
I imagine you are right, Buraq.
Emilie Green says
I hope our buffoonish military didn’t disable this switch before abandoning all that equipment to our Muslim enemies,
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3f/2b/6f/3f2b6f38eef504d6a4619478cb725d96.jpg
Abandoning equipment to your enemy is not buffoonish. It’s treasonous.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
This is from Politico
U.S. officials in Kabul gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city’s airport, a choice that’s prompted outrage behind the scenes from lawmakers and military officials.
The move, detailed to POLITICO by three U.S. and congressional officials, was designed to expedite the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan as chaos erupted in Afghanistan’s capital city last week after the Taliban seized control of the country. It also came as the Biden administration has been relying on the Taliban for security outside the airport.
Blinken is a liar Just like Biden
JOEYN says
The Democrat party are made of big time liars and cheats who are all out to destroy Western Civilization and the USA. Only an idiot would trust them on anything. Just heard a speech by His Fraudulency Biden on how successful and wonderful the withdrawal from Afghanistan was. Reminded me of the speeches made by Obama when he was president. Bull crap to the core!
James Lincoln says
Yes, JOEYN.
Sleepy Joe is about as honest as Baghdad Bob…
tim gallagher says
If the Muslim scum would just stay in their shitty, primitive, backward countries and leave our civilised, non-Muslim countries alone, then we wouldn’t have to waste a second of our time on the barbaric scum. The USA only went into this crappy country, Afghanistan, because Muslim terrorist scum carried out the 9/11 attacks. These knuckle dragging primitive creatures can now have their Sharia barbarism, and “peace”(as if – peace and islam don’t ever go together) and they are welcome to their 7th century Islamic lifestyle. However, parasitic islam is always about invading other non-Muslim countries, and always has been so these scum will not be merely happy to live their crappy lives and leave the civilised people of the world to live in peace. Watch the Muslim scum start slaughtering one another in Afghanistan. Psychopathic monsters is about all that islam ever produces.
Kepha says
OK, Mr. Taliban Spox, we get it. You need a cordon sanitaire thrown around you.
gravenimage says
I *hope so*, Kepha.
But too may in the west are talking about sending buckets of foreign aid to the Taliban, as well as importing hordes of Afghan Muslims here.
Walter Sieruk says
Yes, because of that despicable Joe Biden just ” and “giving over” and ” handing” handing Afghanistan to the Taliban the islamic terrorist world will from now on view American as weak and foolish and other westerns nations as well..
This naturally will inspire greater zeal of many jihadist in many Islamic terrorists organizations as al Qaeda and ISIS . Likewise the furthering of new Muslims recruits into such horrendous Islamic terror entities.
Joe Biden is an actual asset and catalyst for Islamic terrorism worldwide. Damn that S.O.B.
gravenimage says
Taliban spokesman: Defeat of America ‘big lesson for other invaders and for our future generation’
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The US should just have gone in an ousted the Taliban to prevent a safe haven for Osama bin Laden–then we should have left. No vain attempts at nation-building, no staying 20 years.
Infidel says
That, and doing to Pakistan what we did to the Taliban. Not buy Musharraf’s pretensions of being on our side
CogitoErgoSum says
They defeated America? Well, that’s not the way Joe Biden tells it. In his mind it’s a great victory due to his own personal resolve and perseverance. Just shows how deluded they are … and by the way we will hunt them down and make them pay if they think different – according to Joe Biden. Yes, Joe Biden is the POTUS maximus. Look upon him and tremble you misunderstanders of …… of everything that comes from Joe Biden’s mouth … when it’s not being stuffed with ice cream. God save us all from Joe Biden – the most dangerous man in the world right now.