many Afghans don't know about 9/11 - how then do they see Americans in Afghanistan?
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Not surprising, although I wonder if this knowledge would really make a big difference. I suspect not.
useless
Social Justice Rogue
We went into their country and murdered them for something a terrorist group did..
GhostWriter16
Deity
Oh I feel so awful for the Taliban...
Sometimes you need to temporarily force freedom on people so they can see its benefits. If everyone wants a dictatorship, fine but since someone is certainly being oppressed, that argument doesn't work.
useless
Social Justice Rogue
You are literally justifying the deaths of thousands of innocent Afghans.
Mr. Dictator
A Chain-Smoking Fox
Except that's not really how the world works, but someday I think you'll see.
GhostWriter16
Deity
I justified the overthrow of the Taliban, I never justified the injuries to civilians. If accidental, I would define that as a necessary evil, and murder if intentional.
Well, I'm well aware we can't always do this, but the problem is that people are saying "We should have left Afghanistan under Taliban rule, most Afghans approved of it!" Your darn right, its called propaganda, and there were minorities suffering under the regime. That alone was reason enough to invade. 9/11 gave us an excuse.
Send Rudy Giuliani over there and every man, woman and child will know about 9/11 by Thanksgiving.
Quackers
The Frog
So what would useless do if 9/11 happend on his watch?
GWB took his time found out who did this and made the right decisons.
Mr. Dictator
A Chain-Smoking Fox
Actually, if you were going for accuracy then its probably more that you can't ever do that.
If we had a time machine, should we go back in time and destroy the kingdoms and liberate the serfs?
Its condescending to the peoples of the nations to say that we have figured out the world, and we're gonna spread it by force.
generalstaff
Steadfast
Call me stupid, but couldn't we have negotiated with the Taliban to help us capture the Al Qaeda leadership? Remember, we invaded Afganistan to capture Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri (remember them?), not topple the Taliban. From what I have read, they would have gladly helped us if we dropped some of the sanctions against them, they were working with our oil companies before the sanctions after all. Of course with that solution, the defense companies don't get paid.
And if you were looking to remove a brutal dictator, then why now North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, or Sudan be a target for regime change? Also, why are we trading with China, possibly one of the worst governments on Earth? That is why I find to whole national building rational to be a joke.
I thought we did? And since they didn't want to cooperate in handing him over, we invaded and tried to do it ourselves.
Hell, it even says it in the wiki article:
Wikipedia said:
The way I heard it, we didn't give them enough time to respond.
aimeeandbeatles
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Am I the only one confused by the "force freedom on people"?
Googled the phrase and got a bunch of political-looking forums.
Googled the phrase and got a bunch of political-looking forums.
I'm not entirely surprised by the lack of knowledge, but I doubt it would make much difference. I don't think the concerns of the Afghan people would be diminished if they knew about the catalyst for the invasion. The issues they face are much more immediate, and it's the current actions of NATO/coalition forces that will shape their opinion.
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