CriskCross t1_j2529ds wrote
Reply to comment by KailReed in G7 tell Taliban to reverse ‘reckless and dangerous’ ban on female aid workers by misana123
Could have just not left, leaving 40 million people to lose human rights was a bad thing actually. Or we could have actually built the Afghan army to operate independent of us instead of being 100% dependent on us.
Like, no matter how you look at it this is our fault.
this_toe_shall_pass t1_j2541ms wrote
Did you witness the last 20 years? What should've been done differently ?
CriskCross t1_j255zur wrote
Well, aside from the fact this was always going to be a generational conflict if we wanted to actually change the country, a good start would have been building an Afghan military that wasn't entirely reliant on us for logistics, intelligence, procurement, maintenance, training, air support, CasEvac, you know. Literally every support function.
We cut the cord practically over night, leaving behind a military that was all tooth no tail, and then justified the abandonment as the same moralizing bullshit we use to claim poverty is the fault of the impoverished.
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