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Sure, it’s in terms of the existing situation. Why can’t there be an ISIS cell in the US right now, or at least why can’t the Chinese think there is one?
by mikeash 7y ago
Sure, it’s in terms of the existing situation. Why can’t there be an ISIS cell in the US right now, or at least why can’t the Chinese think there is one?
- likpok 7y agoBecause the US government is a) strong and b) doesn't think there's one. Neither of those is true of Afghanistan. The Taliban is quite capable of at least holding on, and the non-Taliban Afghani government isn't opposed to US support. As evidence of this, President Ghani's reaction was to promise check and balances to reduce casualties, not kick the US out of the country.
- mikeash 7y agoSo it’s nothing about the morality of killing dozens of innocents. It’s just might makes right?