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The US-supported Afghan government wasn't worse than the governments before or after it. South Korea's an interesting example. It was a dictatorship, now it's
by roca 5y ago
The US-supported Afghan government wasn't worse than the governments before or after it.
South Korea's an interesting example. It was a dictatorship, now it's a thriving democracy. Ditto for Japan, Taiwan, West Germany. Sometimes things turn out alright.
- sudosysgen 5y agoI still don't see how that's an excuse for killing hundreds of thousands of innocents, though.
- roca 5y agoIn Afghanistan? Unlikely to be hundreds of thousands of civilians killed by Americans/allies. https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civilians/afghan https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civilians/af... says "at least 71,000 civilians killed" and many of those would have been killed by other side(s). "Justified"? Probably not, but we'd have to determine what alternative actions America/allies should have taken instead and compare. I mean, "avoid all US-caused civilian deaths by letting AQ continue to operate from Afghanistan with impunity after 9/11" would not obviously have been the right thing to do.