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<blockquote data-quote="HMFIC" data-source="post: 1698551" data-attributes="member: 7539"><p>We didn't militarize the Taliban itself. We helped Afghan fighters stave off the Russians, but the Taliban sprung up primarily from devout Sharia extremists who came to power after that conflict and gained much support from Pakistan. Anyway... there are all kinds of stories where someone that we supported turned bad. You're right, it's not perfect science, but I think we do the best we can. Certainly better than anyone else in the world.</p><p></p><p>Worth it... I don't know, go ask the surviving Jews from WWII. Petition some Chinese who avoided being slaughtered by the Japanese. Sample some Hmong refugees who were spared from oppression and murder by Reagan. Ask a Kuwaiti, a Shi'ite Iraqi who was under Saddam's thumb, let a North Korean spend ten minutes in an American city and then ask them how they've been blinded, brainwashed and held down. Worth it? That's subject to perspective isn't it?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed. Even within the ranks there are those who make poor decisions that cost American lives unecessarily. It's not a perfect world, but I think we're doing a pretty good job considering. I do believe in questioning everything and always seeking improvement, I just think that making the basis for a better foriegn policy one of "the world hates us because of our involvement" is flawed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMFIC, post: 1698551, member: 7539"] We didn't militarize the Taliban itself. We helped Afghan fighters stave off the Russians, but the Taliban sprung up primarily from devout Sharia extremists who came to power after that conflict and gained much support from Pakistan. Anyway... there are all kinds of stories where someone that we supported turned bad. You're right, it's not perfect science, but I think we do the best we can. Certainly better than anyone else in the world. Worth it... I don't know, go ask the surviving Jews from WWII. Petition some Chinese who avoided being slaughtered by the Japanese. Sample some Hmong refugees who were spared from oppression and murder by Reagan. Ask a Kuwaiti, a Shi'ite Iraqi who was under Saddam's thumb, let a North Korean spend ten minutes in an American city and then ask them how they've been blinded, brainwashed and held down. Worth it? That's subject to perspective isn't it? Agreed. Even within the ranks there are those who make poor decisions that cost American lives unecessarily. It's not a perfect world, but I think we're doing a pretty good job considering. I do believe in questioning everything and always seeking improvement, I just think that making the basis for a better foriegn policy one of "the world hates us because of our involvement" is flawed. [/QUOTE]
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