Thursday, August 19, 2021

Taliban problems

There is an old adage saying, be careful what you wish for. This is appropriate for the Taliban. They wanted to take over the country and their wish came true. Now they have to run the government. These are mostly uneducated illiterate people whose main skill is killing people. Now they have to run the water system, the electric grid, the sewage disposal along with printing money and collecting taxes. The duties of government are almost endless and they know very little about any of this. On top of this the country is broke. Even the money in the banks has disappeared into the abyss of corruption. This is a conglomerate of tribes who have never gotten along and now must join forces to run the government. They get some income from the poppy fields but they may try to sell hostages to get hard cash. Biden will be under severe pressure to go along.

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