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Originally Posted by trevesty
That wasn't even close to addressing his point. Iraq and Afghanistan both had rebellious factions before we were there who were fighting for their freedom. That's what allowed the US to label Saddam and the Taliban as so evil.. by killing their own people, who were rebelling against them.  |
His point was that the Taliban were "freedom fighters". My point is that the Taliban ain't even remotely about freedom.
Iraq is a different deal. Saddam was a prick but he was a secular prick and the average Iraqi was a hell of a lot better off when he was running things than they are now.
Of course, we all know that no one gives a rat's ass about the average citizen in either country. These wars are about international power politics and oil in more or less equal measure.