that the taliban were playing the long game, so based on our intervi interviews with members of the taliban, it s clear that they had been working on this for years, for decades, so they managed to place people in government departments, in ngos, in international organizations and for the most part didn t let them do anything. they were just there sitting and waiting and playing the long game, and then they came into action when kabul fell. we first realized there was something deeper going on, you know, the day kabul fell. it was surprisingly well-organized. it was relatively bloodless. the taliban were able to quickly and effectively secure the city and all key parts of the city. you know, we didn t see any mass looting, for example, so that was when that was a first clue that the taliban were a lot
members of the taliban, it s clear they had been working on this for years, for decades. so they managed to place people in government departments, ngos, international organizations, and for the most part, they didn t make them do anything, they were just there, sitting and waiting and playing the long game. then they came into action when kabul fell. we first realized there was something deeper going on the day kabul fell. it was surprisingly well organized. it was a big bloodlet. the taliban were able to quickly secure key parts of the city. so that was the first clue the taliban were a lot more embedded
infrastructure. i include myself in that. that creates an opening for these bad faith actors to really try to reshape democracy, if you can call it that at the local level. because if donald trump cannot get local canvassers and clerks to bend to his will and find the idea of the 2020 election is a fraud the next best thing is to get people who will bend to his will the next time around. as one michigan democrat put it, these conspiracy theorists are in it for the long haul. they re in it to completely crumble our republic. and they re looking at these election administrator positions. they re playing the long game. jelani cobb is a staff writer at the new yorker who s written about republican attacks on the democratic process in a piece called why republicans are still recounting votes. and david becker is the founder and executive director of the center for local for election innovation research which works to build voter trust in elections and improve the efficiency of our ele
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