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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Yes - of course there were problems - which are unavoidable in that part of the world. The Allies were there for a relatively limited purpose. There were some benefits to their presence, which don't bear mentioning here, especially in light of your cherry-picking superfluous concerns like 'Globohomo' which isn't in the vocabulary or interest of most people, especially in Afghanistan. This topic of Middle East geopolitics is obviously not your specialism.

[–]FrenologistSaving the World 1 Cranial Exam at a Time 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

There were some benefits to their presence, which don't bear mentioning here

You decline naming those benefits because they don't exist.

concerns like 'Globohomo' which isn't in the vocabulary or interest of most people, especially in Afghanistan

That's right, our military mission was destined to fail once it switched from the destruction of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban to so-called, "Nation Building." As you said yourself, (I'll paraphrase) very few Afghanis have shared cultural interests with the West.

This topic of Middle East geopolitics is obviously not your specialism.

Are you ESL?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Again - you've not bothered to check on your claims. Do you do this often - merely state whatever you want without any concern for the facts? If you use an internet search app to find the information, you'd know that the lives of women improved substantially in 20 years, and that your tax dollars paid for billions in reconstruction source. There were many additional benefits. And of course there were problems. That was not unexpected in that region. See also this.

[–]FrenologistSaving the World 1 Cranial Exam at a Time 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

WIKIPEDIA and Brookings Institute as sources! Oh my god you must be right! Why didn't I think to google the all-knowing and always right WIKIPEDIA and the totally not corporate paid-for Brookings Institute?

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This guy really comes at it from all angles too. In a response to me earlier he was trying to appeal to the idea that Israel supports ISIS to gin up some type of outrage about the Kabul bombing and now with you he's citing brookings institute data -- one of the largest and most well funded neocon think tanks in America -- as evidence for the positive aspects of the Afghani war. Very slimy behaviour.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

So what? Check their sources or do your own search, if you're genuinely curious (though I doubt you are). I'm merely helping you with source material, which is probably a bad idea.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

You don't even recognize how much of a shill you are. It's like an alcoholic trying to explain why being an alcoholic isn't a bad thing.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Bullshit #3. (You're trying too hard to troll through my post history and insult me. It's moronic. Get a life.)

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Naw, I find active threads through s/comments and I see your shit there more than most folks.

Is it my fault for remembering what I've read?