the pervasive sentiment on :reddit-logo: is that the Taliban are just wantonly raping and pillaging, but how much of that is reality vs typical :amerikkka: jingoism.

it doesn't make sense to me why the nominal liberators of the imperialist regime would just turn around and destroy the same country that they're liberating. though I don't doubt that it must be happening at some level, surely the incidence of rape and murder is less than that inflicted by actual invaders, right? I just would have to believe that there would be fighting going on from many pockets if such acts were occurring at large scales.

  • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    But by understanding the way imperialism operates, we see that the US has neither the interest nor the capacity to improve the conditions of the people of Iran, and that any attempt at intervention would only make their already bad situation much worse.

    Libya is the (modern) poster child for this. Whatever one's opinions are on :gaddafi-happy:, the U.S. undeniably decimated that country.