There is no such thing as "deep tribal society" in anyone's genes. I am no expert in sociology but I guess people join a group because they have to, because they want to protect themselves in times of conflict. Much like in some Brooklyn's gang neighborhood, or whatever it's called. In good times, when the sun is shining, wind is winding, business is as usual, AND, the skirts are short enough, no one cares about tribe; no one cared about ethnicity in Afghanistan.
The problem is this isn't the first time the U.S. goes somewhere, practices its military prowess, and when its taxpayers' short-lived attentions turned to something else, they leave, leaving a whole nation in misery. Because politicians see that they can't cast any more votes out of such topics like Afghanistan. No imperialist superpower in the history, since Alexander the Great, has been behaving such irresponsibly as the U.S., today.
They had so many chances in 2002 to turn things in the right direction. They chose not to. They chose to pick the most corrupt warlords to make them leaders, ignoring qualified, talented, good Afghan people. The U.S. cultivated, nurtured, and strengthened an administrative culture of corruption in Afghanistan by DoD contracts. Because it was more convenient for some administrative officials or CIA operatives. In Taliban's era, shopkeepers left their shops unattended to go for midday prayers, and no one was even thinking of looting the shop. Try that now!
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