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-misanthroptimist

(764 posts)
10. That stuff is going on all over the world all the time.
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 04:33 PM
Jul 2021

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.

Expected orangecrush Jul 2021 #1
negative influences samsingh Jul 2021 #8
Sadly, yes. orangecrush Jul 2021 #36
Damn! Damn it!! sprinkleeninow Jul 2021 #2
Remind me, please, why I should care. -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #3
Because hundreds of thousands of people will be oppressed by a medieval theocracy. maxsolomon Jul 2021 #5
Of course it's a tragedy. -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #11
you asked why you should care. i said. you whatabouted it. maxsolomon Jul 2021 #28
I don't think you understand what "whatabouting" is. -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #30
I think I do. "Insteadofing" is not a thing. maxsolomon Jul 2021 #39
It fairly obvious they are afraid to fight... Historic NY Jul 2021 #27
what of al queda? maxsolomon Jul 2021 #29
Not our problem Polybius Jul 2021 #37
Wow, DU. maxsolomon Jul 2021 #38
I care Polybius Jul 2021 #40
So, "not our problem" means some of it is our problem? maxsolomon Aug 2021 #41
We spent 20 years, christx30 Aug 2021 #44
No, it means not our problem at all Polybius Aug 2021 #45
because thousands of people will be beheaded, members of the LGBTQ community samsingh Jul 2021 #7
That stuff is going on all over the world all the time. -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #10
so has death by pandemic - i think we want to avert that as much as possible samsingh Jul 2021 #16
And when those things happen in our country we should address them -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #34
All of that occurred while we were there. Devil Child Jul 2021 #19
Actually things got better with the US and allies there. JI7 Jul 2021 #20
are you a Democrat? Skittles Jul 2021 #9
Is it required of Democrats to care about every single injustice in the world? -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #12
alrighty then Skittles Jul 2021 #13
Back atcha. -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #15
"There's little to nothing I can do about it." HUAJIAO Jul 2021 #18
Exactly JI7 Jul 2021 #22
No, I really can't care -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #35
It is a religious war. Religious wars can last for decades. spike jones Jul 2021 #21
It's Pakistan that is causing the religious problems JI7 Jul 2021 #23
I think it is still Muslim vs Muslim and the killing is mainly over religious differences. spike jones Jul 2021 #25
"Religion poisons everything." -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #31
632 posts who knows samsingh Jul 2021 #17
I put them on Ignore Skittles Jul 2021 #24
good samsingh Jul 2021 #26
Wow! That's pretty judgemental. -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #33
This all bothers me. Igel Jul 2021 #4
and it begins-the falling to the Taliban headlines. riversedge Jul 2021 #6
Eventually the Iranians will get sucked in to Afghanistan. roamer65 Jul 2021 #14
Hmmm... maybe? maxsolomon Aug 2021 #42
... roamer65 Aug 2021 #43
We can't fight in Afghanistan forever. twin_ghost Jul 2021 #32
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