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Is being Europe really relevent? NATO forces were involved in Afghanistan... Are they different from American soldiers in this regard?
by mango7283 8y ago
Is being Europe really relevent? NATO forces were involved in Afghanistan... Are they different from American soldiers in this regard?
- antod 8y agoThis was about Iraq though. Apart from the UK, NATO pretty much stayed out of that. And despite having less to justify it, the consequences (direct and indirect) of invading Iraq were worse than invading Afghanistan.
- saiya-jin 8y agoAs other poster mentioned I meant mainly Iraq where situation is different, sorry for not being more clear. In most European countries if not all, if politicians tried to sell some remote unjust war they want to start by striking patriotic tunes (so people would make similar ridiculous claims), they would get laughed at/outright rejected. Politicians would have to put in place mandatory drafts and even then a lot of people would run away/go rather to jail. It just feels so surreal to be so much out of touch with reality in a modern western world in 21st century to believe in such lies and very much risk their lives for them. Now if somebody couldn't care less about shooting kids, mums and old people and of course patriots and other random folks on the other side and wants to have adrenaline ride, that's another story. But lets be honest about this.
- mango7283 8y agoFair enough. Even so, NATO countries still participate in other military operations such as the bombings in Syria and Libya - is the difference that those had the force of UN resolutions behind them, involved only air attacks and were not sold on the back of patriotism?
- zaarn 8y agoEven at peak my country deployed only a little over 5000 soldiers into Afghanistan, a majority of those for supportive and police roles, not for active combat. Even that is being opposed.