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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The sheer amount of corruption and lack of scruples is disgusting.
Who said anything about a liberal democracy? The issue is protecting women from being forced into horrifying human rights violation and protecting the locals from war crimes. The only reason it hasn't happened is troops on the ground.
Mind you, the sheer amount of incompetence and bare minimum effort to building infrastructure has been covered extensively.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Oct 10th 2020 at 8:11:09 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.I would unironically support this, and extend it to any country that the US has had a hand in destabilizing.
I'm still for building actual power plants in the region, telephone lines, internet, and water treatment plants.
Plus mining consortiums.
Also encourage legal purchase of pharmaceutical material.
And if everyone's loyalty is their tribe, work on building up local governments via democracy.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Oct 10th 2020 at 8:22:31 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Trump got cleared by his physican to come out of isolation.
Surely nothing is gonna come of this. Surely.
Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.With Afghanistan it’s worth noting that multi-decade state-building projects have been done before and done without as much controversy. US troops are still in Bosnia for example.
The difference with Afghanistan is that in other instances the initial window for stabilisation was used properly, the actual enemy fighting force was defeated and the multi-decade project was a slow grind, not active war fighting.
What’s gone wrong with Afghanistan is enough to fill pages, but it being a deployment for US military personnel over multiple decades actually isn’t one of them.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThey are actively against democracy and working in lockstep against it.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.

Texas Tribune:
5th Circuit Court of Appeals puts a stay on the lower court's ruling, blocking counties from offering multiple mail-in ballot drop-off locations
Wow, only took a day.