Ok, I see your points, but I can't agree with them. I still see the contradictions that you don't. Seaparating religious ideaology into separate "peace" and "war" philophies being one of them.
As for the Taliban's "good" points, I think you're REALLY stretching it there, even to the point of absurdity. As for whiping out drugs, wasn't Afghanistan's main agricultural product Poppy Plants which are used to make Opium? And what good is curing internal strife if it means the subjugation of your own people? The ends don't necessarily justify the means.
The more I look the more contradiction I see, even if you don't.
And I wasn't referring to a few pictures I saw on TV, but to a full length documentary made by an investigative journalist who went undercover for a year as an Afghany woman under a Burka (sp?). I'll try and see if I can find a link to it as it was quite disturbing.
But overall you have your view and I have mine, and never the twain shall meet it appears. I think we've both given each other a good amount to think about, though. Good discussion.
