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In reply to the discussion: "Not Our Tragedy": the Taliban Are Coming Back, and America Is Still Leaving [View all]Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)28. The atrocities were still going on with the US there.
Over 70,000 Afghan citizens have died as a direct result of US combat operations. Afghanistan still one of the world leaders in human trafficking. That's on top of trillions we've spent in the country over the last 20 years training and building a country that fell within weeks after we left.
If you care that much about the Afghan people, you're free to relocate there and do everything you can to change the hearts and minds of the Taliban.
But it's not the US' responsibility to spend another 20 years fighting a war that won't amount to any changes in a land that refuses to change.
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"Not Our Tragedy": the Taliban Are Coming Back, and America Is Still Leaving [View all]
Rustyeye77
Aug 2021
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Our soldiers were still paying the ultimate price. I dont think there is anything we can do.
Demsrule86
Aug 2021
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