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The bigger point is that life for everyday Afghanis was better under the American occupation than it is now. (Partly because the Taliban can't feed them.) Too b
by roca 5y ago
The bigger point is that life for everyday Afghanis was better under the American occupation than it is now. (Partly because the Taliban can't feed them.) Too bad the warlords didn't agree.
- the-dude 5y agoYou claim this, do you have sources? It only shows humanitarian aid is partisan.
- roca 5y agoAfghanis are starving now and Afghan girls can't go to school. (Yes, the Taliban are saying girls will be able to go to school again in March. We shall see.) Western allies spend huge amounts of money building roads and other infrastructure in Afghanistan, much of which the Taliban destroyed. Do you need links? Because you can probably google it as well as I can. You can't, on the one hand, claim that the Western allies were a malign influence in Afghanistan and also claim that Western aid is the only thing that can keep Afghans from starvation.
- the-dude 5y ago> You can't, on the one hand, claim that the Western allies were a malign influence in Afghanistan Did I? I don't think so. > also claim that Western aid is the only thing that can keep Afghans from starvation. I didn't claim that eiter AFAIR, but since you are bringing it up : sanctions were imposed, aid was halted and the economy collapsed. I am not saying that, the US admin is saying that : https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/politics/us-sanctions-afghanistan.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/politics/us-sanctions-... I am not sure what your beef is, but you sound like a neocolonialist.