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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm.not Afghan but used to go to "free Afghanistan" demonstrations in downtown dc w my mom to stand in solidarity with the oppressed during the Russian occupation. All the US did was support them then, and more recently liberate territory from the Taliban and al qaeda and give them a fighting chance. We stood in solidarity with them - its called empathy. But everything you say is why people are questioning right now. You are the poster child of the selfish. [/quote]

I'm not sure what your point is but I don't think the U.S. has very much "empathy," whether you're talking about civilians or the government.  First, we apparently have armed every side in every conflict in the Middle East for the past 50 years at least.  We've armed Saddam, we've armed the Taliban, we've armed dictatorships.  We shoved out democratically elected leaders and installed our own crappy governments, then we've watched as our governments were thrown out and watched as extremists threw those governments out.  We outright took over Afghanistan and Iraq with absolutely no idea of what to do with them afterwards.  Meanwhile regular U.S. citizens cluelessly sit back as their government wreaks havoc.  No, we do not have empathy.  We are freaking terrible.[/quote]

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