I honestly believe we’re wasting time with the Middle-East…again.
Unless it’s for freaking oil.
I mean, I’ve obviously been upsetting people with a few things I said regarding the Iran issue. Like come on, the people in those countries, almost always need a nudge or two to figure out how to better themselves. If they don’t like other countries fiddling with their business, then guess what? FIX YOUR COUNTRY! The Taliban took over Afghanistan in less than a week! What did the people do? Allow it to freaking happen, after the US has spent years and lots of money doing what they could there.
And as soon as they’re out, oop, back to normal I guess! As long as religious tensions and the allowance people do about corruption taking hold, there will always be violence there whether other countries interfere or not.
I don’t think it’s a waste of time for military contractors and for the American political elite (Trump in particular) who would rather stay in power/face no legal repercussions and avoid Bibi leaking some even more compromising stuff. More importantly, it’s a waste of lives.
What did the people do? Allow it to freaking happen,
I feel like I have a lot less standing to comment on stuff like this as an American currently watching my country just stand around and let the fascists take over.
And as far as I can tell we’re not the only country barely fighting back against authoritarianism either.
Agree it’s pointless what we’re doing, but I’m certainly not going to throw stones at people being unable or unwilling to risk life and limb for liberty.
This entire thread just makes me mourn the quality of history education in this part of the world.
Which nation, through a proxy war with the USSR, armed and empowered the progenitor of the Taliban?
Nearly everyone here desperately needs a crash course in how this part of the world creates circumstances for conflict and instability elsewhere. If you look closely enough you’ll see, from the colonial era to now, it was done with (often times malicious) intention.
The amazing thing about American foreign policy is that it thinks it can fix the problems it creates and it essentially never can.
I honestly believe we’re wasting time with the Middle-East…again.
Unless it’s for freaking oil.
I mean, I’ve obviously been upsetting people with a few things I said regarding the Iran issue. Like come on, the people in those countries, almost always need a nudge or two to figure out how to better themselves. If they don’t like other countries fiddling with their business, then guess what? FIX YOUR COUNTRY! The Taliban took over Afghanistan in less than a week! What did the people do? Allow it to freaking happen, after the US has spent years and lots of money doing what they could there.
And as soon as they’re out, oop, back to normal I guess! As long as religious tensions and the allowance people do about corruption taking hold, there will always be violence there whether other countries interfere or not.
It’s almost freaking pointless.
I don’t think it’s a waste of time for military contractors and for the American political elite (Trump in particular) who would rather stay in power/face no legal repercussions and avoid Bibi leaking some even more compromising stuff. More importantly, it’s a waste of lives.
I feel like I have a lot less standing to comment on stuff like this as an American currently watching my country just stand around and let the fascists take over.
And as far as I can tell we’re not the only country barely fighting back against authoritarianism either.
Agree it’s pointless what we’re doing, but I’m certainly not going to throw stones at people being unable or unwilling to risk life and limb for liberty.
Remember Eisenhower’s warning?
Remember JFK?
The hour may be later than you think.
Best not fall for the pantomime. When they put the puppets away, it’s still going on.
That’s the opposite of controversial
Not from the reactions I got from several users according to my comment history.
Yeah, why wont they stop punching themselves in the face. Nothing to do with the bully holding their arms making them do it.
Or so you’d love to believe because I’m sure you have a short-length reach of history.
This entire thread just makes me mourn the quality of history education in this part of the world.
Which nation, through a proxy war with the USSR, armed and empowered the progenitor of the Taliban?
Nearly everyone here desperately needs a crash course in how this part of the world creates circumstances for conflict and instability elsewhere. If you look closely enough you’ll see, from the colonial era to now, it was done with (often times malicious) intention.
The amazing thing about American foreign policy is that it thinks it can fix the problems it creates and it essentially never can.