Comparing the Tea Party and the Taliban

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“They (The Tea Party) should be called what they really are, the American Taliban.” Most citizens of the United States would not think to compare a ruthless terrorist movement like the Taliban with an “American grassroots movement” like the Tea Party. Nevertheless, these two groups are quite similar. The Tea party started as a grassroots movement that protested high taxes and large government as well as the Affordable Care Act in 2009. They believe that the government is deaf to the people’s voices and that “government should be reduced to the size where I can flush it down the drain.” They have evolved into a group that strikes fear into the hearts of politicians across the country. They believe in shrinking government “to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub”. The Taliban are a Terrorist Group originating in Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. They were originally Rebels against the Soviet-Afghani Communist Government in the late 1900s that were supplied weapons by the U.S. They then moved and took over the country imposing a version of an extremely conservative Sharia law. After doing so, the group housed Al-Qaeda in parts of Afghanistan. They have a strict adherence to the Quran, their book of prayer and belief, and believe that women are inferior to men in all aspects of life. With U.S forces leading the way, NATO invaded Afghanistan on orders to purge Al-Qaeda training camps and forces as well as the Taliban Government and Forces. However, the Taliban still exists and survives today delivering terror across Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan. Although it may seem that the Tea Party and the Taliban are nothing alike, these two groups have more in common than what meets the eye. First, T...

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