“Can the real Taliban stand up please? You have different factions, you have different wings… so we’re not even sure which part of the Taliban will prevail. Will the moderates prevail or will the more conservative ones prevail? It’s too early to tell.” — @saadmohseni pic.twitter.com/ej5gYpxtjK
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) August 18, 2021
A moderate Taliban is a member of the Taliban who is out of ammunition and his enemies have plenty. The Taliban do have quite a few factions, but to use the terms “moderate” and “conservative” for these factions merely indicate that the commentators have no clue. It is akin to taking about a “moderate” member of the SS and a “conservative member” of the SS circa 1938.
