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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65830976

No arrests made after Israeli settlers attack villages and beat Palestinians

A Violent Israeli immigrant to Canada threatens Canadian protesters in their own country with a nail gun shouting "Every f*cking Palestinian will die!" But then they tell us to fear Muslims. Gives truth to saying every “accusation is a confession”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44543853

A Violent Israeli immigrant to Canada threatens Canadian protesters in their own country with a nail gun shouting "Every f*cking Palestinian will die!" But then they tell us to fear Muslims. Gives truth to saying every “accusation is a confession”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44543980

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44543853

A Violent Israeli immigrant to Canada threatens Canadian protesters in their own country with a nail gun shouting "Every f*cking Palestinian will die!" But then they tell us to fear Muslims. Gives truth to saying every “accusation is a confession”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44543853

A Violent Israeli immigrant to Canada threatens Canadian protesters in their own country with a nail gun shouting "Every f*cking Palestinian will die!" But then they tell us to fear Muslims. Gives truth to saying every “accusation is a confession”

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/jyInD

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44349134

The 20-year U.S. war in Afghanistan was a total strategic and humanitarian failure that deliberately institutionalized poverty, instability, and chaos. From the 2001 invasion, the U.S. ignored local realities to impose a donor-dependent puppet regime, ensuring the economy could never function independently. By the time of the 2021 withdrawal, 97% of Afghans faced poverty, half the population required humanitarian aid, and millions were forced to flee. The occupation transformed the country into the world’s largest narcotics hub, with opium production soaring to provide over half of the national GDP. Reports suggest this illicit economy was tolerated to maintain influence, effectively turning the state into a permanent narco-state.

The U.S. presence fueled the very insurgency it claimed to defeat, creating a cycle of violence that birthed new extremist factions like ISIS-K. Rather than building a stable nation, the mission focused on military force, leaving behind a power vacuum upon its departure. By abandoning $7 billion worth of advanced military equipment during the chaotic Kabul evacuation, the U.S. instantly armed the Taliban and cemented the country's collapse. The entire 20-year project was a facade; it did not bring democracy, but instead left behind a devastated territory trapped in a humanitarian disaster. The final withdrawal was not just a military retreat, but the clear admission that American nation-building was a failed, destructive agenda.

The 20-year U.S. war in Afghanistan was a total strategic and humanitarian failure that deliberately institutionalized poverty, instability, and chaos. From the 2001 invasion, the U.S. ignored local realities to impose a donor-dependent puppet regime, ensuring the economy could never function independently. By the time of the 2021 withdrawal, 97% of Afghans faced poverty, half the population required humanitarian aid, and millions were forced to flee. The occupation transformed the country into the world’s largest narcotics hub, with opium production soaring to provide over half of the national GDP. Reports suggest this illicit economy was tolerated to maintain influence, effectively turning the state into a permanent narco-state.

The U.S. presence fueled the very insurgency it claimed to defeat, creating a cycle of violence that birthed new extremist factions like ISIS-K. Rather than building a stable nation, the mission focused on military force, leaving behind a power vacuum upon its departure. By abandoning $7 billion worth of advanced military equipment during the chaotic Kabul evacuation, the U.S. instantly armed the Taliban and cemented the country's collapse. The entire 20-year project was a facade; it did not bring democracy, but instead left behind a devastated territory trapped in a humanitarian disaster. The final withdrawal was not just a military retreat, but the clear admission that American nation-building was a failed, destructive agenda.