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In reply to the discussion: Afghanistan fell because the MEN of Afghanistan prefer the Taliban. [View all]Chainfire
(17,467 posts)have. Apparently we couldn't win social equality for them. The Taliban is a religious cult not unlike some we have in this country. We have our own growing far right religious groups to deal with before they gain too much power. Already they have taken rights from women and we just sit back and watch, glad that it hasn't happened in our state...yet. As old Barney used to say, "We need to nip it, nip it in the bud."
If the people of Afghanistan wants to live in the dark ages who are we to stop them. Perhaps one day they will get sick and tired of being sick and tired, poor and hungry and they will remember the brief taste of a higher level of civilization that they once saw. Or not.
It is not wrong that we are getting out, it was wrong that we got in and stayed in as long as we did. Biden is taking us in the right direction.
The Next time the Saudi's attack us, we should go after them instead of some poor proxy. Modern warfare could make a lasting impression on Saudi society.