U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys

Re:U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys by crpatino on Monday September 21, 2015 @04:03AM (#10250965)

Not that I disagree with you on the morals of this comment, but a lot of confusion would be avoided if everybody just accepted that the US is a normal empire; an empire with geopolitical interest in the region and every reason to keep happy the cadre of monsters they got themselves as alleys.

It is not that they hate the local population, but they don't gain anything by defending them and may loose a lot by playing the role of Knight in the Shinning Armour.

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Re:U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys by erikb on Monday September 21, 2015 @05:08AM (#10251161)

That's also a good point. Gaining access to trade routes and natural ressources might be more important than protecting innocents to the agenda givers.

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Re:U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys by crpatino on Monday September 21, 2015 @12:17PM (#10253243)

Or preventing unfriendly third parties from gaining access to such resources. Both China and Russia are better positioned geographically to take advantage of those territories.

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