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[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 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.