General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Please Think Back on When and Why We Went to Afghanistan [View all]Many DUers are old enough not only to remember the beginnings of the Afghanistan misadventure, but the Vietnam misadventure, as well, which was another nonsensical incursion into territory we neither understood nor were capable of controlling.
We've made such mistakes again and again. I wish we would stop doing that.
The USA cannot impose its system of government on others. That's especially true if we do not even follow that system ourselves. We claim to support equality and fair representation of our citizenry, but we do not do that here, either. Look at our own treatment of people of color and of women in the United States. We could lead by example, if we followed our own principles, but we do not even bother to do that right here. So, we have no position from which to lead.
No wonder we are not trusted elsewhere.