Tell me again how this woman’s suffering doesn’t matter.
Captain Haggerty @AngelaHaggerty
13 Aug 2021
Incredibly powerful interview with @sahraakarimi in Afghanistan this morning on @BBCRadioScot - I've taken this excerpt below because it is so brutally honest and from the heart, but please do go listen to the whole thing. @Fionasstalker
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It definitely matters there's just nothing good the US is capable of doing about it.
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At least acknowledge the moral complexity of the situation. The United States has been doing a lot about it for 20 years. That’s not even to say we should continue, but let’s stop pretending OK?

Aug 15, 2021 · 5:52 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Like what? The US spent the last 20 years turning Afghanistan into the world's biggest opium exporter, committing, abetting, and covering up crimes against humanity, and doing absolutely everything it could to alienate and degrade the vast majority of Afghanis...
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Yes, stop pretending we did any good in those 20 years. As a veteran who served over there, I guarantee we caused more suffering, death, and unspeakable horrors than any "good" we might of done. All the evil in the middle east is our own doing.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The US government arms the countries that arm the Taliban, Marianne. How do you think they’ve stayed strong for 20 years?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I think you should read the pnac papers from the 1990s authored and signed by Bill Kristol and wolfiwitz and so so many others with vast influence in our government & arms sells. It’s all right there. Every bit of it. This is all planned. We are the evil doers, Marianne. It’s us
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The situation is not complex, oh my god lol. You are pathetic. If there is one thing we should stop pretending about is that you know what u are talking about when it comes to politics. U are basically an old lady watching MSNBC & credulously tweeting about everything u see.
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Who are these imaginary people?
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Who's pretending? The situation is complex and tragic.
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Why are you pretending people are ignoring that?
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Moral complexity? What the fuck would you know about that? The US doesn't give a crap about its own citizens, what makes you believe it gives a fuck about people in Afghanistan?
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At least acknowledge that you're out of your depth and should probably stop opining on foreign policy matters you know nothing about
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