• iyaerP@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d have more sympathy for the people of Afghanistan if they had actually fought back against the Taliban.

    People say that America lost in Afghanistan, but we were basically the only thing propping up democracy. The people themselves made no effort.

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        Nah, they didn’t make an effort. The Taliban was welcomed when they rolled in. The US military expected there would be resistance, but the Taliban had pretty much captured everything before we were even gone.

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        1 year ago

        Did the USA invade for altruistic reasons? I highly doubt so

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      Outside of Kabul it seemed the average rural person felt that they had to choose between a temporary US occupation supporting an uninterested government vs the Taliban who were all around them on a daily basis and would take over the second the US left. They did the safe thing and sided with the Taliban.