Dude Abides
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Nothing subtle about that one.
Afghanistan in the 1960's
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Nothing subtle about that one.
Joel Was Right
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Same thing happened in Iran and the same thing will happen in Europe.
Were Muslims a minority in Iran and Afghanistan in the 60s?
dripdripsplash
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Same thing happened in Iran and the same thing will happen in Europe.
I think you joined the wrong forum guys.
The Technomancer
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Well this is about to get intersting
I sure as shit have no plans to comply with any religion let alone Islam.
Same thing happened in Iran and the same thing will happen in Europe.
Bye.
Are you serious?
metalslimer
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Why is Turkey on that list?
SquiddyCracker
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This wasn't even that long ago, aren't people pissed at how the talibans are keeping them from returning to prosperity?
Don't people want to return to the good old days before the Talibans came to be in charge?
Fuck the USA for ruining such a prosperous nation.
Where did you copy this from?
Don't people want to return to the good old days before the Talibans came to be in charge?
Fuck the USA for ruining such a prosperous nation.
Where did you copy this from?
phosphor112
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Reminds me of Iran before the coup.
Hahahaha. What a kidder.
Yeah, so, when Iran was instilled a dictator by the west and they got fed up with the US's bullshit and overthrew him?
You mean when the US went in and made the Taliban the ruling power to fight our mortal enemy, the Soviets?
Yeah, shut the fuck up.
Same thing happened in Iran and the same thing will happen in Europe.
Hahahaha. What a kidder.
Yeah, so, when Iran was instilled a dictator by the west and they got fed up with the US's bullshit and overthrew him?
You mean when the US went in and made the Taliban the ruling power to fight our mortal enemy, the Soviets?
Yeah, shut the fuck up.
SquiddyCracker
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Air Zombie Meat
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Necromanti
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Ooh, neat. They should do one for Christianity, too.
Conciliator
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Jesus, what happened? Imagine an Afghanistan that stayed on the right track; the whole world could be different.
phosphor112
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100000x better than Kite Runner.
I cry like a baby every time I read it.
No.
Omegasquash
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It's a damn shame, looking at those pictures and seeing what we're shown now.
SquiddyCracker
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I am pretty sure the USA is what happened.
I'm a bit rusty when it comes to cold war antics, can anyone can shed some light on what exactly happened?
phosphor112
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It's upsetting.
Beaten, everyone should read that book to understand Afghanistan as a country.
ComputerMKII
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Sacha Baron Cohen hasn't aged one bit.
Omegasquash
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The cold war. Afghanistan just happened to be in the line of site.
gutter_trash
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it's sad the hyper fundamentalists and changing the definition of what is to be ''religious''
setting back these places by centuries or even millennias
setting back these places by centuries or even millennias
phosphor112
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After the Ruskies attacked, US backed the Afghani's to fight them. After that was all said and done, they needed someone to protect the border because they weren't going to do it. US gave the Taliban (at the time, the largest organized group) power.
There were fundamentalists during the fighting, but after that was all said and done, the Taliban used the chaos to create an establishment. US saw that establishment... bam... they become ruling power.
Sexy man. I'd love to look like that guy. Bikini and all.
I'd like to look like that guy though.
Setting them back before even the religion was established... There used to be a focus on science and math... heh... hasn't been that way probably post Ottoman Empire.
The rest of America says hi.
This is... wow. A reminder for everyone who thinks that prosperity is to stay forever.
Snkfanatic
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Man....those pictures are beautiful. Crushing to see the changes 
Davey Cakes
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It's like going from the "World of Balance" to the "World of Ruin" in Final Fantasy VI.
I can't believe a place can become so ugly so quickly.
I can't believe a place can become so ugly so quickly.
zero shift
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Was Communist Afghanistan a force for good? Like did they improve life significantly there or do we only look back at it fondly because of how bad things got with the Taliban?
phosphor112
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Not sure about the legitimacy of the picture... but still.
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TheContact
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Russia done fucked everytin up
Yeah, Russia ..
First of all, most of these pictures seem to just center on Kabul. What about the rest of the country?
Anyway, from what I understand, shit got like this because the US helped kick out the Soviets, then just left. The US is desperately trying not to repeat the same mistake, but wasn't ready for the job of nation-building when it invaded.
Anyway, from what I understand, shit got like this because the US helped kick out the Soviets, then just left. The US is desperately trying not to repeat the same mistake, but wasn't ready for the job of nation-building when it invaded.
dripdripsplash
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So the war between the Mujahedin and the Soviet only started when the US began funding them ? Wasn't there any war before ?
MrCunningham
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Not sure about the legitimacy of the picture... but still.
The patches of grass do match up pretty well. damn, wouldn't surprise me if this was the same location.
Not just Russia. Afghans fist and foremost paid their lack of foreign intelligence strategy.
The US have done great damage to the region as a whole. last but not least being the uranium bombardment of agricultural surfaces by ISAF. Successive Pakistani and Iranian governments have pushed their agenda in the region without consideration for the welfare of the country. Most of these policies ended in making the situation worse.
Basically, the region has been everyone's toy to play with. Absolutely horrible.
I've never been to Afghanistan myself, but I have plenty of friends who have and I've seen their deployment photos.
What a beautiful country it used to be.
Actually, in hindsight it may have been a bad idea to pass up the opportunity to deploy there, I would have loved to see it.
What a beautiful country it used to be.
Actually, in hindsight it may have been a bad idea to pass up the opportunity to deploy there, I would have loved to see it.
I've had this on my Amazon wishlist for like 2-3 years while waiting for the Kindle price to drop.. some day I'll get it.
phosphor112
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It's the same location. It's confirmed in the photo blog in the link at the top of the page.
I will gladly claim it would have had a positive influence on Afghanistan, the Soviet Union would have collapsed in 91 no matter what. They could have ended up like all other former Soviet Stans: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, they were all majority Muslim countries before joining the Soviet Union and still are today, they enjoyed prosperity and rarely ever make it into the news headlines because the moderate face of Islam isn't the one we are supposed to think about.
phosphor112
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What about Detroit? You could make those same kinds of "holy shit, look what happened" thing to that city. IN AMERICA.
Midas Touch? Pffft, who needs that when you have the American Touch.
Gentleman Jack
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This the author?
Listed in his other works is this : http://books.google.com/books?id=UP...a=X&ei=4rQvUcqGJaSmiQKp-YCQCA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ
Sounds like a dude you'd go to for cold hard facts.
SquiddyCracker
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I may be anti-american, but only when it comes to the nation and government itself.
The american people are alright.
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