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To: kidl who wrote (2792)	7/11/2025 12:29:36 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Respond to of 3198

NPR's take: npr.org While Ahmed al-Sharaa is no angel, he took out a bigger devil. Syria deserves a chance to get back on its feet, and removing sanctions is one of the few things the regime has gotten right. The alternative is a power vacuum to breed all kinds of desperate lowlife. What got me is that absurd US and Israeli vote for Afghnistan's regime to continue its oppression and keep supporting crackpot organizations: ....The 193-member General Assembly reiterated its “serious concern” over continuing violence and the presence of terrorist groups such as Al-Qaida, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and their affiliates ISIL-Khorasan and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, and “demanded” that Afghanistan not be used as a safe haven for terrorist activity. Beyond security, the resolution stressed Afghanistan’s severe economic collapse, widespread poverty and spiralling humanitarian crisis, urging Member States and donors to scale up principled, sustained assistance. It also highlighted the growing threat of natural disasters such as floods and droughts, which worsen food insecurity and economic fragility. “Sustainable and lasting peace can be achieved only through long-term social, economic and political stability, which requires full respect for civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights as well as commitment to inclusive and representative governance,” the resolution stated. news.un.org Needless to say, that has all the force of a sternly worded letter penned by someone on Schumer's staff.