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The US is probably the nicest and most responsible super power ever. A super power like the Roman empire would have won the Afghanistan war for sure. But in a
by tiatia 10y ago
The US is probably the nicest and most responsible super power ever.
A super power like the Roman empire would have won the Afghanistan war for sure. But in a different way.
- robert_foss 10y agoEven the nicest mass murderer is still a mass murderer.
- tiatia 10y agoI don't think the US did mass murder in Afghanistan. This was part of the problem. The Romans would have just made a population reduction of XX% per year and things would have been fine. I think you should put your judgement into perspective.
- coredog64 10y agoDecimation in the original sense of the word?
- tiatia 10y agoYes. But decimation, as far as I know, was something the Romans did to their own divisions for "unsatisfactory" services. But regarding Afghanistan, if you crucify a few thousand men, women and children every day for the smallest offence, resistance breaks fast.
- Fluid_Mechanics 10y ago"...if you crucify a few thousand men, women and children every day for the smallest offence, resistance breaks fast." You would know this, how? Look at the butchery in Syria and tell me how people respond to genocidal despots.
- tiatia 10y agoOu dear. The looses in Syria a minimal. By the way, the losses of the US in the Vietnam war were minimal too. They lost 60.000 People. In the 10 years or what, I assume they lost more people in traffic accidents and suicides. Just to put numbers a little bit into perspective.
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