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Afghan war had a lot of the A-Es.
- A felt like it was an invasion by imperial interests and was based on wanting to steal minerals (Afghanistan has nothing of value except heroin)
- B felt like it was morally wrong because NATO didn't prevent the Afghan government from torturing captured Taliban so wanted "troops out now"
- C felt like we should get out of Afghanistan because we should be supporting our own people and not a "bunch of brown guys"
- D felt like we should allow Afghanistan to explore its own self-deterministic ideals, even if that meant enduring an Islamo-fascist state retaking the country and subjugating women as cattle again
- E felt like war is wrong in any and all contexts and NATO should leave immediately. This is the dumbest letter because even A-D knows sometimes you need to cut a head off to kill a snake.
The Afghan war was mostly an excuse for the military-industrial complex of USA to keep it's ridiculous budget. Also, torture of war prisioners is a war crime, even when the "good guys" do it.
Also, torture of war prisioners is a war crime, even when the “good guys” do it.
Yes, but how is NATO supposed to prevent the (as democratically as possible) elected Afghanistan government from torturing domestically short of overthrowing the government, again?
So you're saying you're an E. Maybe a bit of a B?
Opposing the Afghanistan War doesn't make one a genocide apologist.
tl;dr is that the War in Afghanistan was justified?
You can find arguments justifying and opposing it.
Ultimately I feel bad for the people suffering who don't really get to debate it