White House Says taliban Not A Terrorist Group...

[smitty]

Can some of our liberal friends here explain this?!

 

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/01/white-house-taliban-not-a-terrorist-group

[BS Wildcats]

Our POTUS trying not to offend his brotherhood.

[EnlightenedMessiah]

Hate how PC this country has become.

Blacks, women, Muslims, Etc have entered into a competition on who can be the most offended and victimized

[Chester86]

In my best Mike Tyson voice, "This is just ludicrous!". Not a terrorist group my ___!!!!!

[77]

Yobamas warrior brothers!

[SKINS]

I'll take this one. By definition the Taliban is not a Terrorist group. The are more of a terrorist government. The don't actually carry out attacks, the fund groups that do. Very bad people who need to be taken out, but not technically a terrorist group.

http://m.fbi.gov/#http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorism/terrorism-definition

[SKINS]

By the way, this has been coming for some time now, the Intelligence Community stopped calling the Taliban a terrorist group a while back. This way we can target them more as a crime organization which is more effective.

[77]

Its nonsense lets just call them what they are muslim terrorist! Didn't they just kill about 200 kids?

[SKINS]

Its nonsense lets just call them what they are muslim terrorist! Didn't they just kill about 200 kids?

We can call them what ever, but to target them in certain ways we have to give them certain labels. They evovled back in 2008 or so, took a more prominent role in politics, stopped their suicide bombings. Now they operate more like a rebel force.

Taking them off the list also allows us to talk to them, something China has already been doing. Sometimes the game changes and we have to adapt the playbook.

[smitty]

We can call them what ever, but to target them in certain ways we have to give them certain labels. They evovled back in 2008 or so, took a more prominent role in politics, stopped their suicide bombings. Now they operate more like a rebel force.

Taking them off the list also allows us to talk to them, something China has already been doing. Sometimes the game changes and we have to adapt the playbook.

"Now they operate more like a rebel force."  Are you saying they are nothing more than "freedom fighters?" 

[SKINS]

"Now they operate more like a rebel force." Are you saying they are nothing more than "freedom fighters?"

For lack of a better term, yes. They don't agree with the Afghanistan government, and have been fighting with them. Now they are in peace talks.