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In reply to the discussion: So Kabul has fallen...And so has Afghanistan. [View all]MrModerate
(9,753 posts)21. The men of Afghanistan are not going to save Afghan women.
Maybe they need to save themselves.
How many Taliban commandos are there in Afghanistan vs how many women? How many kitchen knives vs. how many AK47s?
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It does not matter who is in charge the culturally accepted sexual perversion will continue.
The Jungle 1
Aug 2021
#27
IIRC back before we invaded, the Taliban rigorously suppressed growing poppies for opium...
Hekate
Aug 2021
#39
Rusty, I'm pretty sure that a great many Afghans feel that the nation has been liberated.
panader0
Aug 2021
#8
Russia couldn't do it. The US couldn't do it. China/Iran want to be hegemonies, time to pony up.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2021
#33
We cannot hope to bring democracy to anyone else until we secure it here at home.
Irish_Dem
Aug 2021
#10
I suggest you study some of the facts surrounding what that filthy culture also does to boys.
The Jungle 1
Aug 2021
#38