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b_b · 4041 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Telegraph: The Alarming Drift Towards World War in Asia
Yes, the world has an obligation to intervene when crimes against humanity are being committed. Sometimes we do, and sometimes we don't. No one had to stomach to go into Afghanistan in the 90s, because the Soviet debacle was fresh in the popular consciousness. "There's a lot of fucked up shit in the world" isn't a valid argument for ignoring regimes that are as egregious as the Taliban are. The fact the we think negotiating with them is a viable "peace" strategy now means that the whole war has been fought in vain. Shame, really.