Dreadful Terrorist Attack In Peshawar, Pakistan

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

I didn't say that, nor did my friend. He did not say that Kurds are Taliban, he said the PKK is Taliban. I believe his point was that the PKK is all about power for the PKK and will kill Kurds who oppose them just as quickly and effectively as it will kill ISIS, or members of the military and law enforcement of the countries wherein they reside. As obviously, will the Taliban.

If that's what your friend meant, then his choice of words was poor. "Taliban" is the plural of talib which is the Arabic word for a student or "seeker of knowledge" with very distinct religious overtones. Rather than calling the PKK "Taliban", he might as well have called them "Nazis". It would have contained the same amount of detestation and accuracy.

John