"doing a lot about it" Doing a lot of what, exactly? If what they did in 20 years could be dissolved in hours, what more can they do? Using vague assertions while telling others to "acknowledge the moral complexity" looks like hypocrisy.

Who isn't acknowledging the moral complexity? Who are these imaginary people that don't care about suffering?

It's horrible, I see photos of women in Afghanistan from the 80s and my heart breaks every time. There are no easy answers in war. There are ways to ease the suffering and death of women, children, and men but for many decades the U.S. has done far more harm than good.

The Taliban is very popular among most Afghan people, no amount of occupation or American bombs can change that. The only ones who gain from the occupation are 1. The Taliban because it increases their approval rating 2. Defense contractors

Who is not acknowledging this? We need to not have our troops in Afghanistan, PERIOD.

This situation wouldn't even exist if the first place if US hadn't interfered decades ago. The US isn't going to fix something they caused. It's overly complicated.

While we're acknowledging complexity, let's acknowledge this is *exactly* the moral trap the US govt has been using to justify and deflect criticism of *every* intervention.

Ooooh, the US was in Afghanistan to defend the women... 🤔 Silly me for thinking they were after the poppies and the lithium

Lol + ratio