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CMV: The US military should not reinvade Afghanistan, nor get involved in a new Middle East conflict.

So I know that this is a popular view on reddit. My friend and I got into an argument earlier, and he didn't convince me of his point. So I'm coming here to see if there's a more rational argument.

To be blunt: the US was so scared of communism in the 80's that they funded Islamist extremists to repel the Soviets from Afghanistan. These extremists turned into Al Qaeda and the Taliban, and whatever other groups. The US caused the current problem in Afghanistan. and then we go for 20 years, do some good, some bad (drone strikes), and then Biden pulls out like an idiot, leaving our equipment, American civilians, and our Afghan comrades that helped us fight to fend for themselves. We needed to leave, but absolute horrible execution by the Biden administration. To round out this point: The US created the Taliban as it is today, as well as Al Qaeda. Our interference caused the current suffering that the Afghan people experienced for four-five years '96-'01, and now are experiencing again. The US lost the afghan conflict. The enemy that we went to destroy is now in control of the country, and we don't have a fighting force there anymore.

We just lost 13 US service people in a suicide bombing in Kabul carried out by IS-K. Biden drone striked one of their hideouts in retaliation. I reason that this was a decent response, because the idea of invading again is absolutely absurd to me. If someone disagrees with this, I will elaborate more. But drone strikes, are mostly bad. We absolutely do not know who all drone strikes kill, it doesn't matter what civilian deaths are reported. There are countless more that died than what our military reported. For all we know, that IS-K compound was a family compound of 30 people, and 10 of them were IS-K. Drone strikes create more extremists.

And just foreign conflicts in general. Has the US ever succeeded against a guerilla force? I don't think so. Even in general, besides Korea and maybe Syria and Libya, I don't think the US has helped in recent times when getting involved in a foreign conflict. Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan, all ended not in the way the US wanted. So tax dollars, resources, and American lives all lost for nothing. Not to mention the innocent natives that lost their lives.

Getting involved in the Middle East is not for revenge, honor or to help a country. Like we invaded Iraq because of 9/11, but we're allies with the Saudis even though they funded a majority (I think a majority) of the 9/11 highjackers, even when they were in the US.

All in all, joining to the military because you think you're going to be a savior in a foreign country is ludicrous to me. Yes, you may improve the lives of some individuals, but in the long run, that's not how it works. It seems like so many recent veterans understand this after their service. It seems like such bullshit to me.

Does anyone disagree and want to discuss? I want to hear the real opposing side, not something based on feelings and the idea of being a superhero in the US military.
gpt
One thing you got wrong was that it was Biden’s idea to leave Afghanistan. Both Obama and Trump wanted to end the Afghanistan war and bring our soldiers out of there, but Biden was the only one to actually do it. Lest we forget Bush got us in there to begin with, promising a quick war.