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Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo
I'm not discounting material aid, but religion does play a role. It has provided the Taliban with morale, so everytime the West bombs them and kills hundreds of their fighters, they become even more determined and fanatical.
Compare this to the Afghan "government" army. More ground troops than the Taliban, more advanced weaponry and an airforce, yet they capitulated so easily.
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True, however, you can replace Islam with any other religion or ideology, which winds up people to 11 and the result will be the same.
Also, fanaticism and readiness to die for the fictional deities is not a sign of a healthy, rational or sound mind.
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Originally Posted by FredWolfLeonardo
People from these same countries are now taking over Europe lol. No military invasion needed, they will simply be welcomed with open arms because the Europeans can't rely on their own people to sustain themselves.
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It happens less, because, locals can't sustain themselves, but more, because, bureaucrats in places need obedient dumb crowd, which will vote for them no matter what.
By their very status immigrants are "owned" by those bureaucrats, who gave them shelter and money, so they will vote (or riot, when necessary) on behalf of those bureaucrats (elites).
This situation is not really that different from so called "religious leaders" of Taliban using their fanatics as cannon fodder in their wars. Its just more "civilized", but the result is the same..