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In reply to the discussion: The demonization of Muslims, now in our new, Democratic flavor. [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)And frankly, we have no legal or moral standing to impose any sort of political system on a foreign nation. If the Afghans want a theocracy, then they have every right to have one.
As far as what happened on 911, let me ask you, was a single Afghan part of that nineteen man team who took over those planes? Was there a single Afghan citizen who was involved in the leadership, planning or execution of that act?
Following your logic, we should have blown the states of Idaho and Kansas to hell and gone for "harboring" the terrorist who took out the OKC Federal building.
But we didn't do that, nope. Instead we carried out a very targeted operation to capture, try and then execute those terrorists. That is what should have happened after 911. Instead, we sent in the Army. Of course 911 simply provided a convenient excuse to carry out our imperial invasion, or have you forgotten that whole "carpet of gold or a carpet of bombs" offer that the Bush administration make to Afghanistan earlier in the summer of 2001?