Thank you for engaging my friend. There is alot to unpack in that response and some of it goes far beyond my knowledge such as the Hamas and Isreal politics. Acknowledging that there was alot of errors in how that went about, but it was the English that established Isreal and I am fully aware of past empires as they almost decimated my people here in Australia. But it is not a situation I have comment on because I simply do not know.
The current issue with Afghanistan is that Al-Qaeda had set it up as a base which prompted Bush's entry. I want to be clear both Iraq and Afghanistan situations were handled poorly and should not have occurred in that way.
Afghanistan was a progressive state many years ago which didn't require stringent Shaira law. The Taliban took hold removing democracy and women's rights.
Even in Western Cultures women are treated poorly so the west has no moral high ground to claim we do it better. But the scenes coming out of Afghanistan is of fear. If I may say, the announcements of the removal of women's rights are concerning.
I am open to learning more.
I have just one request to you, man.
Please don't believe what main stream media tells and show you. False propaganda and disinformation have clouded the truth. Even centralized media is not safe. Look at twitter and FB.
Thats why we are here at hive where any one can speak his/her mind.
I am telling you because I live within 100km of Afghanistan. And real situation on ground is totally different. We have Afghan refugees here and trust me they are so happy with Kabul fall.
People there in Afghanistan are also happy that Taliban took over because they think Talban will end social un-justice, like they had done 20 years ago.
I am not a supporter of Taliban but I feel that West (and every one else) should leave Afghanistan and Afghan to decide their fate. Afghanistan is a tribal society and western democratic norms doesn't apply there.
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The US isn't the only nation there, Australia and alot of other nations have been there since day one also. We have also suffered terrorist attacks because of it.
There are a number of ways that it could have been handled, I'm not sure how much of it is legal in today's world of law for wars but cutting off Kabul from the rest of the nation and setting up a permanent fixture to support the Afghani people could have been one.
But then the risk of establishing another Hamas and Isreal situation also occurs.
I think the devil in the detail is that the Taliban had 75,000 troops while the US and allies trained up 300,000 Afghani military. All of which fled or put down arms. So clearly alot don't want the US there. But what of the millions trying to flee?
I personally don't think this is over and splinter cells are already starting to form.