Afghanistan has been a tribal warlord filled country for as long as we have been alive and probably for millennia before that. A hopeless cause, that while sad, all we should do is trade with them as China would and not involve ourselves (civilized countries) with them in any other way, shape or form. Any aid given to failed countries like this is a perfect example of the old saying of “throwing good money after bad” Yes, it’s unfortunate that we probably won’t see Afghanistan as we have seen in photos of Kabul in the 1960s and 70s, but the reality is that it’s too bad that the 99% have to spoil it for the 1%. I doubt that brief moment of “modernity” they experienced was very widespread, nor were the progressive values and ideas shared amongst the majority of the population anyways. Of course, there will always be those persecuted groups who we westerners will feel sorry for, but I’d bet that their reality would be quite different if their preferred warlords were running the show. And then, in a decade or so, our hearts would bleed for their former persecutors. Lather, rinse, repeat. Welcoming their fighting age men into civilized countries isn’t the answer. You want to help ****hole countries? Then go spend your tourism $£€¥ there. What’s that? You don’t want to spend your holiday in exciting and exotic locales such as Afghanistan, Somalia or Sudan? What are ya? Racist?
