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A lot of people maybe, but polls at the time gave 80% support for invading Afghanistan. It's easy to see how history repeats in retrospect but it's nearly impo
by sharikous 5y ago
A lot of people maybe, but polls at the time gave 80% support for invading Afghanistan.
It's easy to see how history repeats in retrospect but it's nearly impossible to prevent it from happening. For better or worse decisions are taken as a mix of powerful people doing what they can to stay in power and the masses acting often on a whim. That leaves a whole lot of blind spots.
- toyg 5y ago80% of whom? In Europe public opinion was split, even as politicians were rushing to declare their support for the invasion. It's the reason European forces never really committed to it (with the exception of the UK) - in the long term, there was no hope.