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Originally Posted by Mucha na Dziko
It already came back really.
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It never went away.
While it may only get even worse for ordinary Afghans in the coming years, there is something to be said for the alternative to the Taliban no longer being violent foreign invaders who don't even pretend to have any coherent long-term plan for the country. Say what you will about the Iraq war, but in addition to all the profiteering, it was also driven by sincerely-held delusions about "nation-building". With Afghanistan the pretense was never even there.
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The ironic thing about all of this is that Afghanistan in the 50-70s was actually quite the progressive country and a Mecca for hippies.
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If only someone knew what was behind the change. Maybe Zbigniew Brzezinski could have an idea?
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Your cause is right and God is on your side!
Zbigniew Brzezinski, US national security adviser, to the Afghan mujahedin,
3 February 1980
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https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/...ordering-pizza