RE: Can someone explain to me why the afghan war is unjust?
January 2, 2015 at 10:20 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2015 at 10:21 am by Faith No More.)
(January 2, 2015 at 5:51 am)pocaracas Wrote: The conspiracy theory states that the US armed the Taliban way back in the 70's To fight the Soviets over that cold war thing.
It worked, right?
It's not conspiracy theory. It's known fact, and it was because the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
And guess who was one of those "freedom fighters" we armed to fight the Soviets? Osama Bin Laden. That's because one of the biggest travesties of our Middle East adventures is that we do so without even the slightest smidgen of foresight and a complete disrespect for the complexity of the region.
Americans need to realize that they just can't understand the world outside of their little bubbles well enough to just go meddling in any place they feel like. There are repercussions for our actions, but we're too damn stupid to see them and remember.
Of course, as long as we have a large group of me-me-me! Republicans in power, we'll continue the same narcissistic and moronic foreign policy.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
