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Bakkels · 06-22-11, 08:53 PM

And the question is, why are there troops in Afghanistan?
It doesn't do anyone any good. Not the Afghans, not the US, not the rest of the world. It just seems pretty pointless to me.
I don't know if anybody even knows this, but in the 60 s, Afghanistan was a relatively modern society. With women walking around in skirts and everything.
But at a certain point, it got involved in the interests of more powerful nations.

Also, call me a woosh, but calling Afghanistan a hellhole is kind of disrespectful imo. What, they're all fundamentalist terrorists? The large majority if Afghans don't give a flip about our political games and have no idea what the big deal is. At a certain point you can't blame them for being pissed off at foreign armies occupying their country. Yes, there are Taliban and terrorists there, but there are also a lot of people just trying to get by. And a vast majority at that. They don't give a toss about global politics, yet they suffer the consequences.

06-22-11, 08:53 PM	#3
Bakkels Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Posts: 709 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 6	And the question is, why are there troops in Afghanistan? It doesn't do anyone any good. Not the Afghans, not the US, not the rest of the world. It just seems pretty pointless to me. I don't know if anybody even knows this, but in the 60 s, Afghanistan was a relatively modern society. With women walking around in skirts and everything. But at a certain point, it got involved in the interests of more powerful nations. Also, call me a woosh, but calling Afghanistan a hellhole is kind of disrespectful imo. What, they're all fundamentalist terrorists? The large majority if Afghans don't give a flip about our political games and have no idea what the big deal is. At a certain point you can't blame them for being pissed off at foreign armies occupying their country. Yes, there are Taliban and terrorists there, but there are also a lot of people just trying to get by. And a vast majority at that. They don't give a toss about global politics, yet they suffer the consequences. __________________ My sh3 skins : http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/Bakkels Or go to the sh3 downloads section > skins Last edited by Bakkels; 06-22-11 at 09:10 PM.