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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: koan who wrote (479137)9/5/2021 5:56:05 AM
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Modern Afghanistan was a huge welfare state created and funded by the West. It could likely only be stabilized with endless years of military and financial support of additional trillions of dollars, much of which would have been siphoned off to offshore bank accounts by the local politicians.

The whole adventure was a fools errand. There are numerous places where people are mistreated by their governments. We cannot save everyone.

Additional billions need to be spent on lifetime healthcare for the folks that served in our military and suffered permanent disabling injuries. That should be our priority now. let the countries bordering Afghanistan deal with it. They likely understand Afghanistan better than our political and military leaders. IMHO.
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