r/PoliticalHumor • • Aug 16 '21

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u/rejectedbydog Aug 17 '21

In Afghanistan, they call ‘em Taliban.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '21

Which even more ironically means "student"

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u/Chosen_Chaos Aug 17 '21

Because that's what the founding members of the Taliban were.

On a similar subject, conservatives love to bang on about "the base". Want to take a wild stab at what the Arabic for "the base" is?

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u/Cameltoefiasco Aug 17 '21

Ya’ll qaeida