Am I an Anarchist?

[WinterHold]

I don't know how anyone could imagine that a ruling dynasty is "godforsaken".  Nothing happens but by the will of allah..and they seem to be doing splendidly! 

For all the hubbub, MBS is the very picture of an effective and efficient prince.  That's what makes him so dangerous, lol.  He's handsome, rich, well connected, a smooth talker, seemingly benevolent to his people in the face of those who would oppress them, while being ruthless and decisive in the business of crushing any competition to his authority or legitimacy.

On the other hand I don't know how somebody could not see that most ruling dynasties ended and some of them didn't even complete the 100 years span.

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Yes, that is what I was saying to cherub786: the U.S won that war, and utilized its allies perfectly (used the men from Saudi Arabia, used the intelligence reports of Pakistan, and used its own media and propaganda and weapon technology) to form a deformed strong fist that took the USSR down for good.

The future brought the Russians back as they learned from the Afghani experience, and flipped the table against the U.S.A: Russia created its own Islamic proxy -represented in the Shiite camp in the Middle East- to confront the American Sunni proxy.

Russia is supporting Assad (a Shiite), Iran (a Shiite state) while the U.S is supporting Saudi Arabia (a Sunni state).

The soviets weren't good at the game. But Putin has plans to change that.

I acknowledge the Americans, CIA and Pentagon greatly helped the Afghan mujahideen, especially with those stinger missiles. It was a beautiful operation, and it was for a good cause. How does that change anything?

The point I'm making is that the Afghan people were simply having none of that communist nonsense. It was only after the Americans saw their thirst for freedom and their willingness to fight did they realize they had an opportunity to undermine the Soviets without getting their own hands dirty.
If the Afghan people just sat back and allowed their country to become a Soviet satellite state like all those satellite states in Eastern Europe, there would never have been this opportunity to help the Mujahideen.
What this shows us is that certain peoples have different temperaments and different political cultures. Some like the Afghans obviously value freedom a lot and are allergic to authoritarianism.

Yes. It means that thousands of Sunni Muslim youth were led by Saudi Arabia to do America's dirty work in Afghanistan, once the soviets retreated America invaded and took its place.

The Afghan people are also having none of this capitalist mumbo jumbo; 'merica; hell yeah. They die in both cases.

You said it yourself: America used the Sunni ignorant Jihadists as their donkeys into the cold war with Russia. I bold that part in your comment.