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Troll to send more troops to Afghanistan

mercredi 23 août 2017 à 02:00

The troll announced a plan to send more US troops to Afghanistan, supposedly to "win" the war, although we already know that is impossible.

What it amounts to is a decision to continue supporting the Afghan government, which can't win a war because it inspires little loyalty. The US can prop that up as long as it has the strength, but that won't improve anything.

The troll said he would focus on killing more enemies. Arguably, that's what resuscitated the Taliban when Dubya did it.

At least he said he would cancel the "nation-building" programs that were basically handouts to corrupt people in the US and Afghanistan.

In principle, the idea of helping people establish a peaceful and prosperous nation makes sense. But the conditions for success don't exist in Afghanistan.

Another reason for failure was that Americans chose projects that made no sense in the local context — failure guaranteed.

All the Times Donald Trump Said the U.S. Should Get Out of Afghanistan.

It seems that the troll can't stand up to the neoliberal/theocratic establishment on any issue other than bigotry.