You were the geeky kid who got picked last for kickball, weren't ya?
Well actually at this kid's age I was transitioning from a soccer wing to a football cornerback and track sprinter. So yes I was smarter, faster, and stronger than geeky kids like you.
Boy children play with GI Joes and draw pictures of sh*t blowing up. Around age 15 they become interested in boobs. Brainwashing has nothing to do with it.
Militant societies do indeed brainwash their young into believing the use of force is not only a necessity but when used by that particular society it is uniformly good. It is a blatant fallacy but I doubt any group of militants will ever tell the truth . . . they like violence, they perpetuate violence, and in the presence of other alternatives . . . will often
choose violence.
I played with GI Joes and thnx to living in the stix (plus having access to a college professor) had the pleasure to blow shxt up. Of course, I never pretended to blow people up. The enemy was always imaginary b/c it takes a true lack of respect for human life to play homicide. During that time my oldest brother was in Okinawa/South Korea while my youngest older brother was a Pershing Missile crewman in Germany.
This child likely knows very little about the Taliban other than seeing them as the enemy that will be (should be) killed. The Taliban ruled over a sub-Third World country without any global reach beyond the poppy trade they had somewhat curtailed. Unfortunately, a wealthy megalomaniac plus his minions from nations like Saudi Arabia attacked civilization on 9/11/01. Removal of the poor, captive regime that reigned over central Afghanistan has produced a NET decrease in peace in the region. The Taliban sux but the replacement regimes are arguably worse (Mayor Karzai excluded) . . . and the US is no safer despite the billions spent on bombing Afghanistan and subsequent billions in propaganda.
But at minimum it looks like we are cultivating a new crop of troops willing to kill on command.
), severed limbs, etc.
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