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I hope that the Taliban's 1 week takeover of the Afghanistan opens people's eyes as to how little Westerners understand what residents of developing countries perceive to be good or evil.

Oh, their presence there was definitely ill thought; so was destabilising it during cold war through the same means that bit them back. For this, tough action for them and their allies did make sense just like it does for CCP at this point.

> For this, tough action for them and their allies did make sense just like it does for CCP at this point.

But why? Would you still support this if the punishment cost you your job? Meanwhile, does this disincentivize the CIA from stirring conflict in another region? I think that biggest weakness with American foreign policy is that it's incapable of distinguishing between geopolitical interests and humanitarian interests. As a result, we aren't particularly good at advancing either.

Yep

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_prote...

We're literally still violating treaties with them.

>Is it happening right now as we speak?

The Black Lives Matter protests of the past year say yes.

and they did vote in a president who at least seems like supports what those protests stood for.