These people really think a couple of PMCs who have never held a gun before will be able to ‘hold the line’ against thousands of battle hardened militants
I've seen this line of thinking with a lot of things. I'm starting to see how deeply American Exceptionalism is ingrained into the heads of some people because I hear dumb shit all the time about how "if something like that were happening here we would fight and win because 2nd Amendment America McDonalds iPhone Freedom!" but it's like no dude, you would probably die.
Like, I hear this shit with the cartels in Mexico. They act as if Mexican citizens are just fucking stupid or something (obviously because they're brown) and willingly accept cartels vs. having to live with it because they're very well organized paramilitary organizations who use counterinsurgency techniques (gee I wonder whose fault that is) and have way more guns than you do
Is this like in r/trueunpopularopinion where true really just means "super racist".
this isnt normal American exceptionalism. this is advanced American exceptionalism.
This like the most lukewarm possible take on reddit, all the copium being handed out there hinges on "well we tried our best but this is all the fault of the Afghan people"
Major "I'm a soft, comfortable PMC who's never been in a fight but if I'd been there I totally would've kicked that guy's ass" energy
One thing I always found offputting during my time in the US. People of all backgrounds think of themselves as foreign policy experts and will always talk about how the US should bomb/invade/sanction whatever country the media tells them not to like.
They don’t deserve this fate, but this is the inevitable reaction to decades of imperialism and exploitation and slaughter. Not just the last twenty years, but our time funding, training, and arming them in the 80s.
Same propaganda worked for Iraq. Fragile American psyches don't change apparently.
One of my relatives said "It's not our (the west) problem! They (Afghans) need to learn to look after themselves!"
yes you're right Afghanistan deserves to be free from foreign occupation :yes-chad:
