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Perhaps the US’ intentions were never good and they were never capable of “liberating” anyone there. It really seems like no matter when they pulled out this wo

Perhaps the US’ intentions were never good and they were never capable of “liberating” anyone there. It really seems like no matter when they pulled out this would have happened.

treeman79 5y ago
https://apnews.com/article/religion-taliban-7ab054c063e4ea1c14be9e4811f42982 https://apnews.com/article/religion-taliban-7ab054c063e4ea1c... Letting 12 year old girls go to school instead of being forced into a marriage is good intentions.
- craftinator 5y ago
  Sweet cherry pick. And now, since we created a government that could never be self sufficient, and have been slowly pulling our troop support from it for the last 8 years, all of those little girls will be punished for going to school. And we created that for them. Go USA..
  - treeman79 5y ago
    That was years of not being raped and being given an opportunity to succeed. You are a horrible person
- playguardin 5y ago
  The us military is not a get girls to school organization. Try accepting the culture of others without interfering. Give up your global liberalization and homogenization campaign. Worry about your own country and culture.
- whydoibother 5y ago
  What about the death squads we trained and funded? The ones that went around killing children? Was that good intentions too? https://theintercept.com/2020/12/18/afghanistan-cia-militia-01-strike-force/ https://theintercept.com/2020/12/18/afghanistan-cia-militia-...
temp8964 5y ago
Never? How about Japan? South Korea? And South Vietnam before gave up under domestic pressure?
- marricks 5y ago
  Here I’m referring specifically, and only, to Afghanistan. Sorry if that wasn’t clear. If our intentions were ever fully or even mostly pure anywhere else that’s a whole different can of worms.
csomar 5y ago
It's a proxy war like many of the proxy wars happening in these contention points. War is expensive and destructive. Which means you'll have difficulty collecting any revenue and you'll need a constant stream of money to finance your soldiers. Don't be deluded but most of these militia are working for money, not for "god". In the case of Afghanistan, you got yourself with Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan, and the US (and its allies). Afghanistan is a great place to yield control over the region. So it was a war of attrition. Of course, the biggest losers were the Afghan themselves but they had little say in this conflict. Now that the US left, there is a tab to pay to the Taliban. That, or they'll look for a new sponsor. Leaving at this point (where Taliban are quite powerful) is not that stupid (might actually be smart). Pakistan and Iran (and maybe China?) have created a monster that is quite hard to control than a traditional army. Now, they are all living near this monster.

Perhaps the US’ intentions were never good and they were never capable of “liberating” anyone there. It really seems like no matter when they pulled out this would have happened.

treeman79 5y ago

https://apnews.com/article/religion-taliban-7ab054c063e4ea1c14be9e4811f42982 https://apnews.com/article/religion-taliban-7ab054c063e4ea1c... Letting 12 year old girls go to school instead of being forced into a marriage is good intentions.

craftinator 5y ago
Sweet cherry pick. And now, since we created a government that could never be self sufficient, and have been slowly pulling our troop support from it for the last 8 years, all of those little girls will be punished for going to school. And we created that for them. Go USA..
- treeman79 5y ago
  That was years of not being raped and being given an opportunity to succeed. You are a horrible person
playguardin 5y ago
The us military is not a get girls to school organization. Try accepting the culture of others without interfering. Give up your global liberalization and homogenization campaign. Worry about your own country and culture.
whydoibother 5y ago
What about the death squads we trained and funded? The ones that went around killing children? Was that good intentions too? https://theintercept.com/2020/12/18/afghanistan-cia-militia-01-strike-force/ https://theintercept.com/2020/12/18/afghanistan-cia-militia-...

temp8964 5y ago

Never? How about Japan? South Korea? And South Vietnam before gave up under domestic pressure?

marricks 5y ago
Here I’m referring specifically, and only, to Afghanistan. Sorry if that wasn’t clear. If our intentions were ever fully or even mostly pure anywhere else that’s a whole different can of worms.

csomar 5y ago

It's a proxy war like many of the proxy wars happening in these contention points. War is expensive and destructive. Which means you'll have difficulty collecting any revenue and you'll need a constant stream of money to finance your soldiers. Don't be deluded but most of these militia are working for money, not for "god". In the case of Afghanistan, you got yourself with Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan, and the US (and its allies). Afghanistan is a great place to yield control over the region. So it was a war of attrition. Of course, the biggest losers were the Afghan themselves but they had little say in this conflict. Now that the US left, there is a tab to pay to the Taliban. That, or they'll look for a new sponsor. Leaving at this point (where Taliban are quite powerful) is not that stupid (might actually be smart). Pakistan and Iran (and maybe China?) have created a monster that is quite hard to control than a traditional army. Now, they are all living near this monster.