• MelastSB@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    if the Afghans shared [my reservations] then the Taliban wouldn’t have survived and retaken the government.

    You’re serious? “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”, the Talibans had many guns

    • مهما طال الليل@lemm.eeOPM
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      3 months ago

      The US-backed government had bigger guns, 20 years in power and US-backing, they still failed. The barrel of a gun doesn’t give legitimacy, neither does a foreign military occupation, popular support does.