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Re:Americans’ views on the war reveal a striking generationa... by watwut on Thursday April 14, 2022 @02:57PM (#31031634)
The kind of victory Afghanistant had also means ending up with deeply authoritarian and violent society. It implies complete destruction of democratic civil society, unfortunately.
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Re:Americans’ views on the war reveal a striking generationa... by throwaway0a5e on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:52PM (#31033136)
>The kind of victory Afghanistant had also means ending up with deeply authoritarian and violent society.

The current Taliban are way, way more liberal than the 90s Taliban. They've embraced modern communication, dropped most of their Pashtun ethnic supremacy stuff and are a little less violent across the board. That's really a big change all things considered.

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Re:Americans’ views on the war reveal a striking generationa... by KptMarchewa on Thursday April 14, 2022 @06:11PM (#31033968)
Unless you're a woman.
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Re:Americans’ views on the war reveal a striking generationa... by cudgy on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:53PM (#31044989)
Or a christian. Or your Jewish. Or an American. Or your gay. Or you want to educate your daughters. Or you …
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