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sask357 t1_j1m653i wrote

When you are trying to help someone who continually throws up barriers, do you reach a point at which you give up and walk away even though you know it will be bad for that person? I think the answer is yes and I think the rest of the world has reached that point in Afghanistan.

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JayR_97 t1_j1nllu0 wrote

At this point we just need to completely isolate them and hope the Taliban collapses.

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firejuggler74 t1_j1ou9v0 wrote

I wouldn't want to completely isolate them. I think they should have a path to improve. I think its ok to sell them stuff like food, medicine, clothing etc. Completely isolating countries has never led to change, just misery.

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capteni t1_j1mle1f wrote

We are helping the helpless women and children not the shit heads.

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hannibal-the-manimal t1_j1nwl6a wrote

Unless we can get women and children out of there, we ain't helping anything. We are only delaying the misery.

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sask357 t1_j1mlmpd wrote

I understand that but didn't you just say you were closing down now?

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Mastercat12 t1_j1on7ax wrote

What about the men who want to get out? There are tons of men who are forced to fight and do things. What about them? Why are women helpless and men not?

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capteni t1_j1ozz3r wrote

Very fair point. I was just pointing out to the dude who said to just abandon Afghanistan that tis means abandoning infant children and women.

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Love_God551 t1_j1o0m12 wrote

The major problem in Afghanistan is that they are tribal not national in their culture and that won’t change

Funneling money into the taliban is equivalent to flushing money down the toilet

If they, being the Taliban, want to continue to repress and destroy their society they should be left to their own devices

Hopefully at some point they will realize oppression and violence will not work and the people will revolt

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manitobot t1_j1o17d7 wrote

The people who you are trying to help is not the same as the person throwing up barriers.

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