And not ridiculous things that are theoretically possible, like the Taliban does a 180 out of nowhere and converts to socialism and the imperialist states do a 180 out of nowhere and decide that a socialist middle east is cool.

I used to think that the best thing that could happen is a Marshall Plan for the Middle East, but now, I'm not so sure that would be good.

  • Hexbear2 [any]
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    3 years ago

    Probably not unless they join a Soviet Union type structure with other surrounding nations such as Iran and Pakistan. Afghanistan is an extremely rugged tough place to live. It is a country without sea access and limited arable land. In that Afghanistan was divided into its own country is more than 50% of the problem. It' s a country haunted by British Colonialism via the Durand Line as is most of the Middle East via similar British Ignorance, as these are regions with artificial colonialist borders. Hell, the Pashtuns were split into Pakistan (India at the time) and Afghanistan by an artificial border drawn by British Colonialists. Look up "Pashtunistan for the historical regions of the Pashtun ethnic group and you can see how fucked the modern borders are.

    • TheHero [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Soviet Union type structure with other surrounding nations such as Iran and Pakistan

      It would be hard to overstate how not in the cards this is.