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In reply to the discussion: Key Afghan City in Danger of Falling to the Taliban [View all]spike jones
(1,653 posts)21. It is a religious war. Religious wars can last for decades.
It is like the Christian Protestants and the Christian Catholics killing each other five-hundred years ago. There are no good guys in a religious war, just dead people. Religion poisons everything.
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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