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Originally Posted by tjinaz
So what would the death toll be if the invasion had not occurred? How many would the Taliban have had stoned to death, blinded, had tongues cut out, had their hands chopped off or women told they could not go to school.
Its not like the place was a utopia to start with, people were being killed, raped and maimed in the name of allah all over that country. It happened before we got there and it will happen after we leave. It is the nature of the culture in that part of the world. We can and have spent billions trying to change it but short term progress doesn't look promising and the long term impacts cannot be determined.
America's issue is that it tries to hard to make people like it. China and Russia don't seem to care as much, maybe it is time for America to stop trying to fix things and look out for her own interests alone.
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Let's put aside the hyperbole.
When you engage in a situation, it's your responsibility to act ethically. Therefore, your comments stemming from the "how many would have been killed" hypothetical are irrelevant in that they do not give you free license to act unethically or to show disregard for human life. The comments by some in this thread have simply reflected a disregard for human life, and I think that's abhorrent.