I am the Law Posted by Patrick Barry

A little while ago, Ambassador Eikenberry had an exchange with Senator Wicker over an important, but somewhat under-scrutinized obstacle to better governance in Afghanistan: widespread perceptions of a lack of justice.  Caroline made the point last week that the President's West Point speech was noticeably devoid of any reference to the issue of justice, despite it being a "mobilizing tool" for insurgents.  By swooping into spaces where no justice is dispensed, or where that justice is seen as illegitimate, the Taliban has been able to set itself up as a reliable arbiter for disputes.

Eikenberry stressed that while the Taliban have a predictable form of justice, their brand is "feudal." But the second part of what he said was really much more illuminating: that when you have a "rapacious" government, it allows a window for Taliban justice to reign unchallenged.  This seems to me to be the key.  The Taliban is definitely brutal, but in contrast to an either absent or corrupt Afghan government, they're really the only game in town. 

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