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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do they expect? Permanent US occupation? If they really expect that, then they're going to need to make themselves a US territory or deal with themselves.

[–] stillwater@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think they just expected empathy and interest in them as a people.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, they have our empathy and interest. How does that translate into meaningful physical action?

[–] stillwater@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago

Do they? You're more focused on trying to have a gotcha on the internet than displaying any empathy or interest in them.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thoughts and prayers won't make the Taliban go away lol

[–] stillwater@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is that your idea of what empathy or interest looks like?

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you think it should look like? I'm not pleased with the situation but I don't know what we could do differently.

[–] stillwater@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It definitely doesn't look like thoughts and prayers, a phrase which is often used by people who show the opposite of empathy or interest.

[–] FUBAR@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did they expect the USA to invade in the first place?

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's America's whole thing

[–] Kalkaline@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At this point, most countries outside of the G7 should just kind of brace themselves.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh, wrong.

We only invade brown people and commies.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not really an invasion when they start it.

It's karma.

Wall Street funded them bro.