CNN: 50 of Afghanistan's 370 districts have fallen to Taliban since May: UN envoy (Iraq, heroin)
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We should care. The last time the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, they became a haven for Al-Qaida to train and plot attacks globally. Its what will happen again, their salafi ideology will compel them.
They planned 9/11 in Germany.
Terrorists can plan where they will. If Al Qaeda concerned you then you would bomb Saudi Arabia where all their money comes from.
We were there GUARDING those poppy fields for crying out loud.
Of course, a huge part of Afghanistan’s economy is opium. We would have had MANY more US casualties than we did if our mission had been to obliterate their entire drug trade/economy.
Afghanistan is not a real country. The clans will be fighting forever. Not even the Taliban can unite the country fully, but they will eventually control most of it, just like they did before 9/11.
We were stupid to try to nation build there.
However, leaving now is a dumb idea. The Chinese are about to benefit big time from our decision to leave.
Terrorists can plan where they will. If Al Qaeda concerned you then you would bomb Saudi Arabia where all their money comes from.
Leave them alone and they don't care about us.
LOL, you wish, or maybe you don't. The Taliban will do whatever they can to harm America, and Putin is willing to help them. Question is how powerful are they really.
Last edited by TheseGoTo11; 06-24-2021 at 04:11 AM..
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