• zephyreks@lemmy.mlOPM
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    1 year ago

    Given that the US can’t even keep its barracks on American soil in decent condition, I guess it’s no surprise that they have no environmental protections abroad…

  • callouscomic@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Awesome. So instead of simply having the taliban, now they can enjoy the taliban AND environmental degradation.

    /s

  • deft@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    TBH I struggle to worry for Afghanistan. That country has a terrible culture and while we can criticize the US here, that place was not and has not been fine for a very long time.

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      1 year ago

      Oh gee I sure wonder why

      Surely it couldn’t have been impacted by a twenty-year occupation, right? Surely not.

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        No absolutely not.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_bazi

        While this might be controversial Afghanistan and a lot of other places in the world do actually need foreign policing and a forceful cultural change.

        Not saying how we make the change or what it becomes but some places are so ass.

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          1 year ago

          So? Doesn’t mean that American occupation of Afghanistan hasn’t delayed their social and economic development by at least two decades (and probably far more).

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        Yeah the Russian invasion before didn’t help either.