Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by miss_silver
I suggest to remove them from power by negotiation and if that doesnt work by making war with them until they either give in or die.
I agree it is not only the Taliban, but also the Afghan tribal leaders who also have an extreme view of the Koran and how it should influence society. Thus making them all EXTREME MUSLIMS.
WOAH! I agree with you on many things you say, but the one thing I will have to disagree with you is on the statement that "I suggest to remove them from power by negotiation and if that doesn't work by making war with them until they either give in or die."
Making war would be counterproductive to the goal of changing Islamic extremism. War, in fact, would further destabilize the region and would make the world hate the U.S. even more. War sends mixed messages- it would be like saying that I want peace, yet I start a fight with someone because they are being stubborn.
What needs to happen is a PEACEFUL movement within Afghanistan to make some of the rules of Islam somewhat more flexible. Persuasion by force never works, it only causes resentment and sets the stone for further conflict in the future.
Extremist need to be captured and contained by other muslims. They need to be told by their own populace that their extremism is not right and that it only deteriorates and taints Islam as a whole.
Creating war and conflict with them will not work. there is ALWAYS a way to change things peacefully. It is not idealist thinking, it's just that it is somewhat harder to do and most politicians seem to believe that war is the answer to all of the world's problems.
Grown-ups that still believe in the boogieman or santa or whatever are dangerously deranged people. So,
lets get busy and clean up the humon species gene pool, and maybe after all the make-believing superstitious ones are gone there will be peace on
Earth. 
