That’s a question with an embarrassing answer. Short of going way back in history, which we should have learned from, let’s remember that back in the late ’70s, we helped the Taliban fight the Russians. Why? We knew perfectly well how the Taliban treated women, young and old, so why didn’t we stay out of it and let the Russians try to handle an impossible problem? Did we help the Taliban because, after all, they were religious, kind of, while we considered the Russians “godless?” Was that decision religion based also?
Then, after 9/11, the Bush administration decided to attack Afghanistan, mainly because they couldn’t deliver Osama bin Laden. What could we expect from a country mainly consisting of tribes, without a functional central government that could be trusted?
Considering the enormous problem the world has today, what would, and could, have been different if we had been wise enough to stay out of that troubled area? How many lives would have been saved, American as well as soldiers from all the countries that stood loyally with us, not to mention civilians?
Actually, Jorg, do we really care why we’re in Afghanistan right now? I think most people would like to hear your thoughts about Biden losing Afghanistan in addition to abandoning thousands (perhaps tens of thousands – the incompetent Biden folks don’t know) of Americans along with Afghan supporters. Stolen elections have consequences, and the world is getting just another indication of coward-in-chief Biden and his treachery. Have we now learned the consequences of a stolen election, or what?
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Actually, Jorg, do we really care why we’re in Afghanistan right now? I think most people would like to hear your thoughts about Biden losing Afghanistan in addition to abandoning thousands (perhaps tens of thousands – the incompetent Biden folks don’t know) of Americans along with Afghan supporters. Stolen elections have consequences, and the world is getting just another indication of coward-in-chief Biden and his treachery. Have we now learned the consequences of a stolen election, or what?
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