Why they hate us

They don't hate us. They think our way of doing things is wrong. Same as we feel about their way of doing things. That is pretty much where the similarities end.

The Taliban has a point to the average Joe on the street. The U. S. military and Afghan government is up against a wall. People on the ground, who must live and exist in the area for their entire lives, say that security was better when the Taliban was taking care of it. There is huge differences in approach between the different entities who wish to run Afghanistan.

The Afghan government is weak, ineffective and corrupt. I haven't found any sources who say different except those trying to excuse the U. S. bailing soon.

The U. S. will be gone soon. No amount of firepower trumps this fact. No short term strategy trumps long term presents. This is just a fact. Well, except nukes. Nukes might trump long term presents. I'll have to think about that one.

The Taliban, however, will use a set of rules that have been written in a handbook for a thousand years, find out who the problem is, kill them and their entire family, everyone who helped them and everyone who sympathized with them. Problem solved. And, they are not going anywhere. The Taliban has been targeted for death by several of the most powerful countries and yet, there they are, standing next to you, waiting.

Get the idea? There is an appeal at the level of the farmer and blacksmith.

Now, there is a lot more going on. The Taliban is an international movement that needs to be reined in if not destroyed. The idea almost works on the micro scale. It is harsh, but effective. The movement has entered the macro scale via 2001-09-11 and supporting the distraction of Jews and basically all not Muslims across the world. I cannot believe there is a place for the Taliban going forward.