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You clearly haven't thought through the argument you're trying to make: If the Soviet Union hadn't invaded Afghanistan, they might have survived another decade
by blasdel 17y ago
You clearly haven't thought through the argument you're trying to make:
If the Soviet Union hadn't invaded Afghanistan, they might have survived another decade+!
If the Victorian British Empire hadn't invaded Afghanistan... not sure
If the Arabs hadn't invaded Afghanistan, it might still be Zoroastrian!
If the Persians hadn't invaded Afghanistan, it might still be Bhuddist!
If Alexander the Great hadn't invaded Afghanistan, he might have lived to twice his age, and done who knows what!
- tdavis 17y agoSo because it is difficult and fraught with past failure, we shouldn't do it? I don't really see how anybody could pose a logical argument for allowing a terrorist government to control a country. We already completely dropped the ball on Afghanistan once and it wouldn't surprise me if we do it again, but if a country is being used to train an army of extremists bent on the destruction of the free world... well, somebody should probably look into stopping that. And I don't think saying "please" works on those people. Then again, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe if we never invaded Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban-controlled government, everything would be peaches right now. I certainly wouldn't have wasted a year of my life in the shit hole. But that seems like the riskier road to take, given what I've learned on the topic.