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It's a solid plan (infosec.pub)

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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty much spot on; the only way for Afghanistan to have succeeded as a democracy would have required multiple generations of occupation, in order to permanently impact the culture through ideological immersion.

Only once the pre-occupation population dies out (or at least severely diminished due to old age) - and are replaced by successive generations that grew up in that environment - would it become self-sustaining.

It’s very easy to dismiss the Afghan people have “always been like that” - all the while forgetting that the current religious ferver is mostly due to a power vacuum following the failed Soviet invasion of the late ‘80s.

Prior to that, the metropolitan areas weren’t all that different to pre-revolution Iran.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

So America can at max half ass all their decisions without thinking of the long term aside from the money the private military contractors made during 20 years? Got it make sure the USA stays the fuck out of the middle east