Companies/institution
Taliban
2017-07-18, 1 mention2017-08-27, 1 mention2019-02-23, 1 mention2021-08-22, 4 mentions2021-10-03, 1 mention2023-11-04, 1 mention2024-09-14, 2 mentions2025-05-03, 1 mention2025-06-14, 2 mentions2025-06-21, 1 mention2026-08-08, 1 mention
Tim’s take
He treats the Taliban's return as the predictable end of the Afghanistan war, arguing they won because they were "true believers" who waited twenty years while America wasn't 0:00 42:22. He reads a veteran's thread admitting a kind of grim satisfaction that the war's hypocrisy is finally over, framing the choice as only ever "team Taliban or team stay forever" 12:25. He also notes most Americans didn't even know troops were still there when the Taliban marched back in 39:54.
Elsewhere he uses them as his standard example of regime change gone wrong, lumping them in with failed Iraq, Syria, and Libya whenever someone pitches confronting Iran 7:33 29:58 46:06. The name doubles as a punchline — Dershowitz representing them, YouTubers doing kebab tours with them, stranded charity workers advised to just join up — and as a comparison point for other groups he calls terrorist organizations, like Hamas 51:26 57:49 1:06:11 53:57.
Every Reference (16)
"mission was to destroy the Taliban But we had no real beef with the Taliban, but we decided we couldn't work with them We're gonna destroy"
Al Qaeda Was Overblown, and the CIA's Grip on Trump and Obama — Inside the Cia (with John Kiriakou)+89s into the segment"going to happen? And they're not even lying. Oh, ISIS and the Taliban are going to fucking fill the vacuum. And then probably pull out"
"was to destroy the Taliban because we had no real beef with the Taliban But we decided we couldn't work with them. We're going to destroy"
The Permanent War Economy and Overblown Al-Qaeda Threat — Our Best Episode (Inside the CIA with John Kiriakou)+62s into the segment"won there's no reason for them to not be friendly they won the taliban won all these people that are like no we didn't really win they"
Clarissa Ward, the Falling Soccer Player, and General Milley's 'Why White People Hate' Speech — #265 - Austin Taliban | The Tim Dillon Show+46s into the segment"which is a friend pointed out to me today has always been team taliban it's team taliban or team stay forever there is no third team"
His Own 9/11-Era Awakening: Cocaine, Tom Friedman, and Wanting to Join the CIA — #265 - Austin Taliban | The Tim Dillon Show+583s into the segment"he's a great lawyer he'll be representing the taliban soon the taliban will have alan dershowitz and he'll go people are mad because"
Larry David Screams at Alan Dershowitz Over Trump, Not Rape Allegations — #265 - Austin Taliban | The Tim Dillon Show+320s into the segment"way it is now and you know that's the thing like you know the taliban is the real version of the fascism that you people constantly"
Advice for Trapped Charity Workers: Become the Beheader and Embrace Theocracy — #265 - Austin Taliban | The Tim Dillon Show+25s into the segment"Is it confirmed? The Taliban took Herat. Kabul might be next. Al's family's there. We're at"
United States of Al Rewrites Its Afghanistan Episode — #271 - The Many Taints of Newark | The Tim Dillon Show+2s into the segment"indeed free Gaza from Hamas it's a terrorist organization it's the Taliban it's as if you're saying I'm I support Afghan people then I support"
Gaza as a Terrorism Incubator and the Water Pipe Rockets Claim — A Case For Israel with Noa Tishby | The Tim Dillon Show #368+49s into the segment"and ideologies and it doesn't work it actually doesn't work the talibans committed they're true believers they waited 20 years and now"
Saddam Hussein as the Minivan Mom and the Failure of Neoconservatism — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409+161s into the segment"you there's like a white guy who goes and hangs out with the Taliban is that why we did the war is that why we did these wars so that"
YouTubers Hanging Out With the Taliban in Baghdad — The Presidential Debate & Eating Cats | The Tim Dillon Show #409+19s into the segment"there. People really didn't even know we were there." And the Taliban marched right in and they took the country. My cousin has an aura"
Afghanistan Withdrawal and the Public's Ignorance — Tim Dillon & His A.I. Friends | The Tim Dillon Show #442+46s into the segment"And then we've we've also seen the end of that movie where the Taliban comes back or Iraq has this very, you know, they have a government"
Iran as the Eternal Scapegoat, and Israel's Real History — ICE, Iran, & The American Summer | The Tim Dillon Show #448+175s into the segment"remember this. So, you think Saddam Hussein is good? You think the Taliban's good? You're on the side of the Taliban. What? What the [ __"
Manufactured Enemies While Real Problems Get Ignored — ICE, Iran, & The American Summer | The Tim Dillon Show #448+224s into the segment"Can we just be honest about that? The other regime changes. The Taliban's back. Who the [ __ ] knows what's going on in Iraq. Syria"
Regime Change Track Record: Taliban, Iraq, Libya, and Beverly Hills Persians — Waiting For War & Negotiations Under Fire | The Tim Dillon Show #449+117s into the segment"kind of say we won. We're like, "Yeah, Saddam's dead." And the Taliban's out. They Well, they're back. But you know, there was like Well,"
Screaming Crowd, Fake News Chants, and Trump the Traveling Entertainer — Perez Hilton, Trump’s Lies, & Data Center Detonation | The Tim Dillon Show #507+248s into the segment