Talk:RyansWorld: The End of the Afghanistan War

"prosperity will return" Are you serious? Can life under the Taliban really be called prosperity? If coalition troops were to withdraw from Afghanistan the Taliban would probably take revenge on all those who were in support of the US (as we already see them doing now in villages that have helped coalition forces), there would be large scale massacres of civilians almost to the point of genocide, and tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the doomed country. It would be a disaster and the greatest embarrassment for western civilization in modern times.

“A peace treaty with the Taliban states that "the United States is not a Christian regime and that they respect Islam in all shapes and forms." Haha, peace treaty with the Taliban, funny.

''“We need to respect all regimes, not just the ones that practice free universal suffrage and give women the right to wear slacks and make-up. Let them learn about democracy and female literacy on their own without the need for military intervention.”'' Easy for you to say. Democracy will never rise where people like the Taliban rule, not without military intervention, not ever, period.BarrenCroe 22:49, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Star Trek didn't believe in changing things with military intervention. In fact, they made up the "Prime Directive" saying the people have to improve themselves with no intervention of any kind. If it was the Star Trek people dealing with the Taliban, they would allow the people of Afghanistan to overthrow their Taliban masters when they feel that they ready for it; not send a bunch of soldier to enforce democracy even when the people are not 100% ready for democracy.

I'm a big fan of Star Trek, and the "Prime Directive" came to mind when I read this article. The thing is though is that I always thought that the prime directive was frustratingly stupid. I understand perhaps in regards to other species on different planets who we wouldn't completely understand and so suddenly influencing them could have unforeseeable effects. However, we aren't talking about aliens, we are talking about our fellow human beings. There is absolutely no reason why they would not be able to handle democracy and freedom, I mean what does that even mean, how can you not be ready for democracy and freedom? In Star Trek there was usually always a moral dilemma for the captain as to whether or not they should intervene and I always thought the rule that they not was impractical and bureaucratic and if I remember correctly there were some episodes where there decision to not interfere resulted negatively on the alien civilization.BarrenCroe 22:49, 21 July 2009 (UTC)