[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Yup....as long as no neighbor hostile to us is sitting there ready to unite with a large minority and take over all of the militarily wrecked nations resources and expands its borders to allow it easy access to your allies...then that becomes really, really stupid.

Even more stupid when that neighbor’s primary military form is asymmetrical warfare.

Real snarky. Like we would miss Afghanistan if someone took it over.

[what's up]

Like we would miss Afghanistan if someone took it over.

If communist China took over and began to threaten India you might miss having an independent Afghanistan.

[lepton]

I had figured you were talking about Iraq...since that’d already happened to Afghanistan, which was why it had become even more of a cesspool than it was a few decades ago.

[discostu]

Someone taking over Afghanistan is what led to the problem in the first place. We helped them rebel against Russia then walked away, leaving them in chaos for a decade, until finally the Taliban took over and made it a terrorist safe haven. Nation building serves a purpose, helps turn an enemy into an ally. Look at the difference between the ends of WWI and WWII.