Gonzo79 7,135 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) Looks like the Taliban are in charge. Many in the West are suggesting we have a duty to go back in. Should we? In my opinion, it was a pointless exercise in the first place and we should leave them to it. No doubt there'll be many refugees due to the Taliban's policies but that would happen if the West intervened, militarily, anyway. Edited August 15, 2021 by Gonzo79 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 3,285 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 We should never have got involved in the first place 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,079 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Regardless whether we should be in there or not, we were. It seems like we have left the Afghans to it, and that doesn’t sit easy in the same way as a never ending military presence doesn’t sit well either. Like the Middle East situation, it feels like there are never any real winners, just variations of inhumanity. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 7,553 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 We talk about Afghanistan as it it's an aberration and not the typically violent, brutal, corrupt shithole that comprises much of the developing world and some of what claims to be developed nations. To advocate returning a military presence you first need to justify it by demonstrating how it will lead to a lasting change. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 7,497 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaBoy 1,244 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 All that has happened is that the clock has been reset to pre 2001, before which the US supported the Taliban in its previous incarnation as the mujahedeen when fighting the Soviet occupying forces. So rather than intercede again (the first time went well didnt it) we let the country sort itself out. After all they are all muslims, despite their differences of interpretation. Why should the West have any say? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 1,955 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 1,955 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 How old is it? An entire month perhaps? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 1,955 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Chinese state media treating Biden like a stupid little punk now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 7,135 Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 Hopefully lessons have been learned regarding Western intervention (I doubt it). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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