Yes. They have a right to civilian nuclear power.

If having nuclear weapons is a crime then start with Israel.

Israel is committing a genocide, no one seems to be disrupting them.

Iraq Iran has WMDs

Anything that erodes SpaceX’s monopoly is good for me

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’

There are liberal propaganda outlets and congressperons pushing for war with Iran

Rare conservative win

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.

ReactOS.

I have no moral or philosophical objections to the design of Windows NT, just the company that makes it and the enshittification. If ReactOS ever becomes stable enough to be daily used I would use it. For now I use LinuxMint and Steam OS at home.

I hope a third player balances things out. I don’t care if it is Bombardier, Embraer, Comac or some other company. Just need the Airbus-Boeing duopoly broken.

You haven’t talked to many USians. I don’t blame you.

PS: those who travel are a minority of a minority and tend to be the most well rounded

It is only June 15, so technically it hasn’t even been a full 5 months

Many in the US were silent when the US military was doing that to civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/most-guantanamo-detainees-are-innocent-ex-bush-official-1.804550

But think of how simple were their finances.

Military junta with extra steps