Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "What Actually Went Wrong In Afghanistan" video.

  1. Even then fresh-blooded Americans are an overwhelming net gain. Immigration is the reason the US will continue to grow tall compared to ethnostates that are nowadays peaking if not already in decline.
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  2. Right, America is pretty inept at the what makes an empire an empire: colonialism. The only times we were successful at forceful takeover was either by absorbing the locals (Native Americans and Hawaii), or granting full sovereign independence with a reduced force remaining by agreement (Cuba, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Germany).
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  3. Makes me wonder how beneficial it is trying to be solidly "non-aligned"; you get neither the domestic coherence of a pro-Communist state, nor the economic strength of the NATO side.
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  4. It has to be bogged down by politics, if the military were free to pursue its own agenda it would just expand the list of potential "enemies" until it's everyone not in the same uniform. Our civilian police forces themselves are already paid not to trust you, let's not empower a military junta on top of that.
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  5. It certainly supported Al Qaida, which was the whole reason America came in the first place.
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