if the us wanted poltical power in the middle east why didn't we take control of afgan? If we wanted POWER there why didn't the US move with force? Did we believe that people will choose their own destiny like they did in the US? Do Muslim s believe in the same values?
2007-04-16 10:06:12 · 6 answers · asked by wayne 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
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2007-04-18 11:45:43 · update #1
why do only idiots answer?
2007-04-18 11:47:46 · update #2
what kind of a stupid question is that ...
it was impossible for the West to intervene militarily in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union ... well, not without possibly starting a world war anyway.
So we sent stinger missiles instead, and backed Osama Bin Laden ... friend of the west.... in his jihad against the invaders ... hmmm, sounds familiar ?
Hope that helps
Philip
2007-04-16 10:11:45 · answer #1 · answered by Our Man In Bananas 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It was the Cold War, the US couldn't move militarily on a nation that bordered the Soviet Union like that.
if the us wanted poltical power in the middle east why didn't we take control of afgan?
The argument would be that Israel is the US proxy in the middle east.
Did we believe that people will choose their own destiny like they did in the US? Do Muslim s believe in the same values?
Many Americans may well feel that way. Muslims, probably not so much. Islam is the state of surrender to the will of God, and leaving it is punishable by death - that's not conducive to 'choosing your own destiny' in the western sense, since there are only two destinies to choose from: paradise or hell.
2007-04-16 10:13:28 · answer #2 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
US used other agents to fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan after it occurred. Sending US GIs would have meant declaring war against USSR, which was everybody's worst nightmare (for good reason).
US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was a legitimate response to an act of war.
Neither of these facts disprove the claim that the US is an imperial power, nor the claim that it is an imperialist power which is probably what you meant. Nor does being imperialist have to be bad.
When we set up a new regime in Afghanistan, it has to be a liberal democracy. We require that Afghanistan (and now Iraq) adopt our ideas about legitimate government. Forcing other people to adopt them is imperialism.
Thus, I say that imperialism doesn't have to be bad. Even if our ideas for society are better, forcing other people to adopt those models of government is imperialist. And frankly, our ideas for society are better, and they shouldn't be able to base a society on anything other than respect for individuals.
2007-04-16 10:52:47 · answer #3 · answered by lockedjew 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There wasn’t any chance for America to take control at that time, and secondly America had another two proxies in the meddle-east (Israel and Saddam), for Israel it is still evident, but unfortunately for Saddam, he was not allowed to speak about his relation with the CIA even up to the last moments of his live.
If you remember he mentioned in the last days of his life that what kind of relations he has with America and the west, but unfortunately his was prematurely executed by the new puppets of America in Iraq.
About Afghanistan, America was in a safer side than today in the earlier 1990s, but since losing of credibility in full speed in meddle-east, American administration decided to open another oil pipeline from the central Asian country trough installation of a puppet in Afghanistan (Hamid Karzai).
For Hamid Karzai being a puppet of America and the west, it became evident in the first of Taliban collapse in Afghanistan when in Germany America rejected Afghan’s selected president, Abdul Satar Sirat, a former Afghan minister and pushed for choosing of Hamid Karzai.
Presidency vote in Bonn
Abdul Satar Sirat 11 out of 15
Hamid Karzai 2 out of 15
2007-04-17 18:43:41 · answer #4 · answered by Judge 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why would we do that? our help to the Afghans fighting was clandestine not open we were still involved with the Soviet Union in talks and many other issues so although both knew about the role neither was about to broadcast it. Before you post questions should you not have some basic knowledge of statecraft? Think about it before you ask.
2007-04-16 10:26:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The US does not want POWER in Afganistan. We wanted to crush the terrorist regime who held the power in order to create a safer living conditon for the world.
2007-04-16 10:13:38 · answer #6 · answered by scotty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋