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Originally Posted by nomadking
9/11 and other attacks originating in Afghanistan, occurred BEFORE the "West" went into the country.
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And the USA backed the Taliban first time round. The cycle is endless and there is no real incentive on their part to stop it. Generations in Afghanistan have grown up knowing nothing but being a chess piece in American wars even when 15 Saudi Arabians participated in the 9/11 attacks.
The average Afghan endorsed that no more, and arguably less, than your average US/UK national endorsed our involvement in Afghanistan. But many paid a heavy price and continue to do so.
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Originally Posted by Paul
What exactly am I "misrepresenting" 
You clearly seem to think we should endure "suffering and pain" becasue of what "we've" supposedly done.
If thats not saying its fine for terrorists to attack us because they may have suffered in their country at some point, then by all means please clarify what exactly you do mean. |
I phrased that as a question to illustrate their perspective. There will absolutely be people in Afghanistan and elsewhere taking the position “its fine for terrorists to attack us because they may have suffered in their country at some point”.
I said “we’ve” to mean the UK/USA state apparatus - it’s not unique by any means for me to have done so here. The Brexit threads “we” is frequently used to donate “our side” even though we (you and I) have no active participation in the process.
Believing a terrorist incident absolutely inevitable is different from wanting one or supporting one. It’s going to be impossible for all western governments to adequately vet the refugees from this crisis. State support and integration will likely be minimal. Plus there’s the ability to radicalise homegrown terrorists.