Originally Posted by ShellyCrash

It really highlights where we dropped the ball. All the US cared about was fighting against the Russians, then we supported the Taliban regime and turned a blind eye to their extremist government because of the "war on drugs". If they just would have followed through and helped rebuild the infrastructure and actually cared about what was best for the people instead of using the country as a disposable pawn think of how different things would have been. It's sad our country usually only gives a shit about human rights when we can use it as an excuse to benefit us in some other way.