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In reply to the discussion: Key Afghan City in Danger of Falling to the Taliban [View all]-misanthroptimist
(764 posts)10. That stuff is going on all over the world all the time.
It was happening in Afghanistan before we arrived, too. It was happening while we were there. It will happen without us there.
It is not our duty to fix everything everywhere. Even if it was, we simply lack the ability. Bad things are going to happen elsewhere in the world. Our primary duty should be to make sure that they don't happen here.
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Because hundreds of thousands of people will be oppressed by a medieval theocracy.
maxsolomon
Jul 2021
#5
Is it required of Democrats to care about every single injustice in the world?
-misanthroptimist
Jul 2021
#12
I think it is still Muslim vs Muslim and the killing is mainly over religious differences.
spike jones
Jul 2021
#25