Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell...
by oblio on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:03PM
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> Our attention and those resources would have been vastly better spent shoring up the new, fragile democracy in Ukraine than on an Afghanistan that was very unlikely to have a positive outcome.
The sad part is that you didn't even gain an ally at the end.
The kind of money you invested in Afghanistan, spent wisely in Ukraine, would have yielded a nation of ~45 million people eternally grateful to the US.
In an immensely strategic location in the world. A Western power controlling Ukraine really does control Russia and these days the Middle East, too.
And that's from a base that is culturally and stability-wise much better than toxic allies like Saudi Arabia.
The sad part is that you didn't even gain an ally at the end.
The kind of money you invested in Afghanistan, spent wisely in Ukraine, would have yielded a nation of ~45 million people eternally grateful to the US.
In an immensely strategic location in the world. A Western power controlling Ukraine really does control Russia and these days the Middle East, too.
And that's from a base that is culturally and stability-wise much better than toxic allies like Saudi Arabia.