•  TheOubliette   ( @TheOubliette@lemmy.ml ) 
    20•11 days ago

    Stealing billions of dollars from a country you invaded and bombed for two decades is not okay just because you don’t like the state. Collective punishment, which is what this actually constitutes, violates the Geneva Convention during war, and is unconscionable.

    Please do some introspection on whether starving children is such great “own”.

      •  TheOubliette   ( @TheOubliette@lemmy.ml ) 
        13•11 days ago

        I have never said anything so simplistic. The reality is that this post supports the collective punishment visited on the people of Afghanistan after the US ended its two decade hot war there.

        I would hope that people be less cruel and bloodthirsty.

        •  Skua   ( @Skua@kbin.earth ) 
          13•11 days ago

          You responded to criticism of the state of women’s rights under Taliban governance with criticism of America, you absolutely said something exactly that simplistic. If the post was saying that America and/or its allies should re-invade or otherwise try to overthrow the Taliban, sure, you might have a point, but it isn’t

          •  davel [he/him]   ( @davel@lemmy.ml ) English
            14•11 days ago

            This has literally nothing to do with women’s rights. The US doesn’t give a flying fuck about women’s rights in Afghanistan, any more than it does in Gaza, where it’s supporting the genocide of men, women, and children alike. It doesn’t care about them in Iran either, or anywhere else.

            The US empire’s “humanitarian concerns” have always been bullshit, an excuse, a pretext.
            Neocolonial empire don’t give a fuck.

          •  TheOubliette   ( @TheOubliette@lemmy.ml ) 
            9•11 days ago

            You responded to criticism of the state of women’s rights under Taliban governance

            That is not what I responded to. If you would re-read what I said, I am focused on the material deprivation of the entire country that is the “go broke” part of this meme and consistent with OP’s behaviors elsewhere.

            You can also see from the responses so far that the logic of collective punishment is appealing to at least a few people here.

            with criticism of America

            Afghanistan is “broke” because the US invaded it, subjected it to two decades of war, stole a huge portion of its foreign reserves when it left, and then leveraged a massive sanctions regime. The “go broke” can mean nothing other than referring to how impoverished Afghanistan has become due to these actions.

            you absolutely said something exactly that simplistic.

            I did not. Quote me if you disagree. I was pithy, there is no need to try rephrasing it on my behalf.

            If the post was saying that America and/or its allies should re-invade or otherwise try to overthrow the Taliban, sure, you might have a point, but it isn’t

            It is celebrating the government of Afghanistan being poor.