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[–] P00ptart 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd say I hope Harris wins for their sake, but honestly I'm hoping she wins for everyone's sake.

[–] whostosay 2 points 1 week ago

What is this, the WOKE media trying to convince me of the thing thing I pretend to read?

[–] Myxomatosis 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

We broke their country so we owe them citizenship at least. I’m sure Donnie Dipshit has other ideas though.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A dumbshit extremist religion funded and pushed by the Saudi's broke their country.

Look at how the country was in the 60s and tell me any decade since hasn't been exponentially worse. That shit plunged them back into the dark ages.

[–] Mirshe 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Funded, yes, but the CIA are the ones who got the ball rolling by financing fundamentalist madrasas in Pakistan where the ideology of the Taliban came to be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I don't know why these days people just forget CIA funding extremism in Pakistan.

[–] reddit_sux -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If 4 years of Biden couldn't give them residency, I doubt another 4 of the same is going to do any difference.

For those who wish to point out that Donald would be worse, congratulations on pointing out that none of the candidates will do any good for them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Biden used a policy called Humanitarian Parole, an extended temporary process stay which requires presidential renewal every 2 years.

More info: https://theconversation.com/presidential-election-could-help-decide-fate-of-the-70-000-afghans-living-temporarily-in-the-us-233941

That is to say, their current temporary status is itself the achievement that Biden has accomplished (once initially and one renewal so far), and that Harris will presumably continue and Trump will presumably revoke.

[–] reddit_sux 0 points 1 week ago

Yes promising full residency and keeping them permanently in limbo is an achievement. It wouod have been better if they didnt help US.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 3 points 1 week ago

I know you already know this and just don't care, but for the sanity of anybody else reading: it is obviously true and centrally relevant that being punched in the face once is better than being punched in the face a thousand times, even moreso when you're about to pick which one is about to happen to you.