Well, you're proving my point that capitalists could care less about improving the lives of Afghans or anyone else, it's strictly a profit-driven system. That's how trillions can be spent in Afghanistan after a 20-year occupation that has absolutely
nothing to show for it other than a mountain of dead corpses and maimed Afghans, not to speak of American casualties. What did we get in return for all of that blood and money? The Taliban are back in power and the Afghans are under the heel of American economic sanctions. What did we accomplish there after trillions of dollars and 20 years?
As an American taxpayer, I would've preferred to see at least some of those trillions of dollars used to improve the lives of those people whose country we invaded and occupied for two decades. As I said, perhaps if we would've done that, the Taliban wouldn't be back in power now. Your appeal to American taxpayers is moot since our federal budget has nothing to do with our taxes. Do you actually believe the US federal government needs us to pay taxes to fund itself? You need to study economics and how our monetary system works.
Actually, the Soviets improved the lives of the Afghans until the US began arming and radicalizing rebels. The USSR was establishing new secular institutions, free of religious radicalism, sexism..etc. If the Soviets would've finished their project in Afghanistan, it would now be a more secular, better-developed country, but instead what we have now is a nation under a brutal, Islamist regeme that treats women and children as property. And BTW the taliban aren't communists, there's plenty of capitalism in Islamic countries.
