The U.S. in Afghanistan

[rossmum]

How about the many more people that were killed because we interfered? What happened there have happen throughout the world for centuries. Let THEM figure things out and start the revolution then we can aid them, not start it ourselves.

Yeah, that kinda wasn't working. See, the Taliban could call in their overseas terrorist buds. The Afghan resistance couldn't.

When they figure out a government based on religion isn't going to work out, they'll do something about it. We're doing the samething that was done in the past hundreds and thousands of times before, but instead of offering "salvation," we're offering "freedom."

Read the above.

Why do we keep trying to label one side as "Evil" since WWII? What makes them more evil than say the crusade? One side defends land while the other is conquerring land. If trying to conquer/expanding or defend your land makes you evil, then I guess the entire world is evil.

I dunno, but if you consider killing and torturing people for not conforming entirely to your beliefs not evil then I think you should probably see a psychologist, and quite soon at that

What works for you will not work for everyone! So don't start a war and justify it as "they wanted it," "they're evil," or "we're defending our freedom." You don't know what they want, they're not evil just because their governing system and judicial system doesn't work like ours and No! You are not defending your freedom. Your freedom isn't in the Middle East.

You kids are fucking idiots! Tell me how many Afghans you know! Tell me what your sources are, since you seem to know so much! A mate of mine's entire extended family had to bail and leave everything they had behind because of the Taliban, and they were the lucky ones. The unlucky ones were stuck in villages where the only people with any sort of free will or right to voice their opinion were the Taliban! I dunno about you, but I find it literally impossible to believe that the people there could find this arrangement favourable. You think they enjoy being forced into following the laws of a bunch of religious extremists?

And finally the same thing is happening in Africa, why isn't it about that instead of the Middle East?

Because Africa wasn't housing the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks at the time, do you think?

And one final note, before anyone else decides to bring it up:

THERE IS NO OIL IN AFGHANISTAN. NOT ONE MOTHERFUCKING DROP.


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