Of course they are. Got to get that money flowing. No lessons have been learned, or will be learned.
“European Union to Re-Establish a Diplomatic Presence in Taliban-Run Afghanistan,” by Kurt Zindulka, Breitbart, September 4, 2021:
The European Union is set to establish a diplomatic presence in Taliban-controlled Kabul amid increasing concerns over the influence of Communist China and Russia in Afghanistan, as well as a potential Afghan migrant crisis.
On Friday, the Foreign Affairs and Security Policy representative for the EU, Josep Borrell, said that the decision to forge a diplomatic presence in Afghanistan should not be understood as diplomatically recognising the Islamist Taliban as the government of the country, somehow.
Borrell claimed that engagement with the Taliban will be dependent on the Islamist group preventing Afghanistan once again becoming an exporter of terrorism abroad, respecting the rule of law, human rights, and a free press.
He also called on the Islamists to form an “inclusive” transitional government, to allow humanitarian aid workers to operate freely in the country, and to ensure the safety of foreign nationals attempting to flee the country.
“This requires engagement with the Taliban. We are going to see how we can do that in a coordinated manner, putting conditions and, according to the fulfilment of these conditions and according to the kind of government that the Taliban will form and how do they behave, we will be engaging successively with them,” Borrell said.
The Eurocrat said that the diplomatic presence will not come in the form of an embassy, for now, which he noted would amount to political recognition of the Taliban, but rather as a “humanitarian corridor” in order to help provide aid to the people of the country….
TruthWFree says
Another stupid overture to those who follow Islam. Must be hard to understand “Slay the infidels wherever you find them.”
mortimer says
The Europeans haven’t apparently heard that the Taliban are supremacists and that they consider their Deobandi version of Islam to be the correct version which must be imposed on everyone else against their will. That means that the Talibans will not compromise in any way. This means there will be continuous civil war and inter-tribal war and inter-ethnic war in Afghastlistan.l
The European politicians are naïve Pollyannas who don’t want to learn anything.
St. Croix says
Too true. And won’t it be a hoot to rub shoulders with the Afghani new government, some of whom are on the FBI most-wanted list for terrorism? I keep saying “this is just surreal” yet the scenario keeps getting more fantastic and unbelievable by the day.
The E.U. are the same as the U.S. and Canada and the UK. Dumb and dumber.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
“Will you walk into my parlour? said the Spider to the Fly.”
gravenimage says
+1
Wellington says
Where to start?
tim gallagher says
What an exercise in futility to ask these knuckle dragging scumbags from the Taliban to be more “inclusive’. They are never going to waver from their disgusting, primitive religious ideology, Islam. It is all set in stone for them. I heard on the radio this morning that women attending university have to wear the total covering, the niqab, and also that the sexes must be separated. There will never be any kind of more civilised or humane behaviour from the Taliban’s verminous members. And even if there is some slight softening of the taliban’s behaviour, it will still be, by any normal standards, primitive and vicious behaviour. These EU wankers should be embarrassed to be so foolish and gullible. I suppose the clowns have to spend their time doing some stupid thing or other to fill in time. The Taliban will be laughing at their gullibility. “Engagement” with the taliban. What a joke.
gravenimage says
European Union calls on Taliban to form ‘inclusive’ government, will pursue ‘engagement’ with the jihad group
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Complete fools. At least the last time the Taliban was in power they were shunned by the civilized world.
Bob C says
still trying to nation build after the past 40 years have shown that this is an impossibility
insanity
Giacomo Latta says
So why don’t all of you take a hike to Kabul and tell the Taliban just how much you love them. Bring plenty of jizya if you expect to return in one piece.
OLD GUY says
Well of course they will, its about the MONEY. If the rest of the world would shut down doing business with these savages they can’t eat sand or oil or the billions of dollar bills we’ve given them. But no our leaders will just keep feeding their kill us ideology.