Hue and cry over Afghanistan

I´m old enough to remember when the media told us *not to do anything at all* in response to the wave of Islamist terrorist attacks in Europe during the 2010´s. "Brits always had a stiff upper lip", "you can´t ban knives", "part and parcel" and so on. This defeatism was also propagated on Swedish TV. To do something would be "racist" and - heaven forfend - "Islamophobic". Remember Charlie? You know, Charlie Hebdo. Not me neither.

Flash forward to 2021. Taliban, Saigon, Taliban, Saigon, sharia, sharia, sharia, terrorists, terrorists...

OK, wait a sec.

So we can´t do *anything at all* (not even ban knives?) if the terrorists supposedly shielded by the Taliban strike in our big cities, but we are supposed to do everything (including smart bombs, drone attacks and, I suppose, gender study courses) to oppose the Islamists in northern Syria or Afghanistan?! (Did I say "sharia" or "Islamic Emirate"? No? OK, I say it now, then!)

I smell a rat here somewhere...

The Islamophobia discourse has only been broken twice. First, when Trump dumped the Kurds in 2019. To get Trump, obviously. It can´t have been to get ISIS. You can´t ban knives, remember? The second time is now, when Kabul fell to the Taliban. To get Trump, obviously. But yes, I can think of some other reasons, too (none mentioned here)... 

It will be interesting to see for how long the globo-liberals and leftists will shed their crocodile tears for victims of Islamic terror in Afghanistan. Until the next terrorist attack in London, Paris or Stockholm, presumably. Then we will be told, once again, to have stiff upper lips, don´t ban knives, think of the gay bath houses in Umayyad Spain 1,200 years ago, and remember not to be so damn ISLAMOPHOBIC. 

Not Charlie