Taliban Foot Soldiers Are Furious At Video Of U.S. Troops Urinating On Dead Afghans

Despite Official Line, Taliban Foot Soldiers Are Furious At Video Of U.S. Troops Urinating On Dead Afghans -- The Daily Beast/Newsweek

The Taliban’s official reaction to a video of U.S. troops urinating on dead Afghans has been moderate. The group’s foot soldiers are furious.

To the surprise of many—from Taliban fighters to American officials—the Taliban’s official reaction to the explosive video of the four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of three Afghans was mature, even statesmanlike. Although one spokesman denounced the “wild action” of the U.S. troops and vowed that insurgent attacks on Americans would continue, Zabibullah Mujahid, the insurgency’s chief spokesman, was more circumspect. “The video will not harm our talks and the prisoner exchange because they are at a preliminary stage,” he said of the exploratory negotiations between U.S. and Taliban representatives in the Gulf state of Qatar. A senior Taliban logistical officer sounded a similarly moderate tone, telling The Daily Beast: “Our reaction was correct and mature. We condemned the despicable act but said it would not affect the talks.” Still, he was disheartened by the video. “In Afghanistan we have a saying: ‘Kill your enemy but don’t let his body rot in the sun.’ What happened is against our traditions and couldn’t have happened at a more sensitive time.”

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My Comment: As if the Taliban are the moral arbitrators of what is right and wrong. Shheeesshhhh.....