Mad or something?
This guy is trying to play like the Taliban is some enlightened organization. Conveniently ignoring that part of their schemes to get the civilian population to do what they want is to kidnap wives and kids, and you know... rape them. I guess they are better though because they usually had the good sense to kill the kids afterwards, to get around that "enforced death sentence", pro-tip it wasn't.
Paedophilia is apart of Afghani culture, not a Karazhi or Taliban, or this group or that group problem.
Source, I worked closely with S2, I had access to the Intel reports, I've seen the aftermath.
I only listened to half the Washington Post podcast then I sadly fell asleep cos it was 3 in the morning.
What strikes me is that it is (for me, shocking as well) when it is the exact pattern which has happened since WW1.
As Obama (I think said), it's very easy to start a war and damn hard to end a war.
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But soon after Mr Xi secured a third term, Apple released a new version of the feature in China, limiting its scope. Now Chinese users of iPhones and other Apple devices are restricted to a 10-minute window when receiving files from people who are not listed as a contact. After 10 minutes, users can only receive files from contacts.
Apple did not explain why the update was first introduced in China, but over the years, the tech giant has been criticised for appeasing Beijing.
O.o they still don't have effective countermeasures, hence why the godly power of the Hind has been almost completely diminished (as seen in Syria).
I'm not disputing how that system of government in Afghanistan originally came to be, my point was that the reigning government were democratically elected. I.E the governmental system of my country was originally put in place via a coup (against a monarch), it doesn't make the current government non-democratic.
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The AH-64 seems do be doing just fine though. Yes, some are lost, but most missions are successful. Plus, SAMs have improved to adapt to the defenses against them, which has caused the defenses to improve, and on and on....
The government the Soviet's toppled in 1979 came to power in 1978 in a coup. It was not democratic in nature.
By that logic the governments of the UK/USA/France/etc are not democratic in nature either...
I don't know if you're missing the point deliberately or unintentionally, but I'll make it clearer: It doesn't matter how the governmental system of a country originally comes into place, If the reigning government was democratically elected by the people then it's a democratic government.
Remember back in the Bush Administration when anyone with a brain cell said this was the case and conservatives screamed and whined and moaned and called them traitors? Remember "cut and run"?
Every 10-15 years all conservative talking points finally get flushed down the toilet like they always should've been, and all those people who defended them at the time are whistling and looking the other way.
At least the monarchy was smart enough to know the reality of the mindset of the people throughout the country. Afghanistan was not then, is not now, and may never be, ready to embrace Western political thought.
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"The Soviets were supporting the elected Afghan government forces against US backed militias" is what I was replying to. I guess you dont even remember what you write....
the war had like 90% approval when it first started, after 9/11 everybody across the political spectrum wanted revenge, the vote for the war was almost unanimous
Imagine if any senator voted against the war that was popular especially during bushes re election with a POPULARITY OF 70%! it was political suicide, this is what voters WANTED.
and most of the anti war propoganda was from russialeaks, sorry i mean wikileaks mix them up because wikileands is directly given information from russian intelligence
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/sigh.
I'll be optimistic and assume you are somehow failing to understand and not just loling out the thread, so I'll try one last time to explain: It does not matter how a countries governmental system originally came to exist, if the government of the day was democratically elected by the people then that is a democratic government.
Seriously based on your logic the current US, French and UK governments are all illegitimate post coup dictatorships...