According to news reports today, the Taliban has announced that it will stop allowing babies and young children to get the polio vaccine unless the USA stops drone attacks in Pakistan. When I read this, I kept looking for the tell that indicated that this was a hoax. Think about it; the Taliban is saying that it will put the youngest Pakistanis and Afghan children at risk unless the USA changes its military position. The Taliban is not threatening Americans or even the leaders of the Afghan army. No, the Taliban is threatening babies. This threat is not the product of a stable mind.
It is hard to imagine what the Taliban will do next. Maybe they will threaten to shoot all pregnant women unless America withdraws from Kabul. Maybe they will threaten mass suicide unless the USA withdraws. Come to think of it, that last suggestion seems like a winner to me.
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