• Myxomatosis@lemmy.world
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    We broke their country so we owe them citizenship at least. I’m sure Donnie Dipshit has other ideas though.

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        The recent history of Afghanistan is complex, but “Pulling out haphazardly after releasing thousands of Taliban fighters against the will of the national government” is, at the very least, a very strong contributing factor to the current state of affairs.

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            But it’s not the entire reason a country is broken

            So just because the 20 years of US fuckery didn’t cause ALL the problems plaguing the country, it bears NONE of the blame? That logic is more broken than Afghanistan is.

            Everything in the Middle-East is a waste of time.

            First of all, that’s extremely bigoted. Second, Afghanistan is in Central Asia, not the Middle East.

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            Not releasing an additional 5000 veteran Taliban fighters would have been a good start. Not going above the Afghan government to negotiate directly with the Taliban would’ve been a good second step.

            It was never going to be pretty, but it didn’t need to end as badly as it did.

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        I didn’t say it was entirely America’s fault. I’m well aware of the history of Afghanistan because I personally went there with the military. Ever hear of what Colin Powell called the Pottery Barn Rule? It means if you break it, then you buy it.