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America’s War in Afghanistan Devastated the Country’s Environment in Ways That May Never Be Cleaned Up
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this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2023
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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.
Oh gee I sure wonder why
Surely it couldn't have been impacted by a twenty-year occupation, right? Surely not.
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.
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).
It was just paradise before then huh
Ah yes, because a 20-year occupation couldn't possibly make anything worse.
Yeah the Russian invasion before didn't help either.
Afghanistan's been catching shit left and right and they get no break lol