You are thinking of the Only Democracy in the Middle East™️

Israel harvested organs in ’90s without consent

Israel ‘stealing organs’ from bodies in Gaza, alleges human rights group

Reminds me of this The Onion sketch https://youtu.be/05RZJxDIhTU

I agree you with that we should strive to make life better for everyone but how does invading a country and killing its people fix any of this? Hundreds of thousands died in Afghanistan for a corrupt puppet regime that fell as soon as the US withdrew.

We have the UN and other international organizations. If anyone’s should do something about it, it should be them in a democratic way that at least has the consensus of the world and the stakeholders. If the people of Afghanistan want the Taliban gone, there are ways to help that doesn’t involve destroying their country and killing them. To borrow from your analogy, you wouldn’t bomb the crack house to help the people suffering in it.

Tiocfaidh ár lá but not at the hands of the US or the UK.

I disagree with you on the former and it reeks of white-saviour-complex, but I agree with you on the latter. One out of two, isn’t bad.

Try to meddle in other countries’ business, try to force your norms on them, and you will be met with resistance. If your values are so much better and universal you wouldn’t need to force them on other nations through military and economic coercion.

Edit: I guess you are from the UK. You claim to care about people getting needlessly killed, but if UK troops do it it is okay?: Afghanistan: UK special forces ‘killed 9 people in their beds’

I’m on the faction of “it’s none of your business how Afghans govern themselves and you have no right to enforce your norms on them”. If the puppet regime had any real support it wouldn’t have collapsed in weeks.

I’m at a loss that you didn’t notice the immediate tariffs, sanctions, and funds being frozen when they took over.

Who placed the tariffs, sanctions and froze the funds? The US government and its allies being sore losers. You may want to take another look at this:

Previously, Afghanistan’s trade volume did not exceed $850 million annually, but after the return of the Islamic Emirate, exports surged to $2 billion. In 2024, Afghanistan’s total trade reached $12.42 billion, with exports at $1.803 billion and imports at $10.619 billion. In comparison, in 2023, Afghanistan’s exports were $1.884 billion and imports were $7.71 billion. This shows a 4% decrease in exports and a 38% increase in imports in 2024 compared to the previous year.

https://www.bakhtarnews.af/en/afghanistans-total-trade-achieves-12-42-billion-milestone-in-2024/

How hard is it for you to understand they didn’t want your racist violent military or your corrupt puppet regime ruling them?

Afghanistan has international trade now, and not only that but they also manufacture solar panels and other stuff for local consumption or export.

Your comment is a combination of racism, chauvinism and white saviour complex. Worse, you think you are doing good. Even worse, you are eager to do it all over again in another country against its people’s will.

I’m sure another 20 years would have been enough

While it would be nice if the US is occupied with itself granting us a needed respite, I’m not getting my hopes up. West Asia and North Africa will be a very different place if the US leaves, but like the British Empire it won’t leave until the very end.

But think of how simple were their finances.

What did you do to hold Biden and the Democrats accountable? Forgot how many times the Biden administration vetoed ceasefire at the UN? Or how it sent bombs to Israel, and bombed Yemen to help it commit the genocide?