I say we won the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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when we're gone it will no longer be tied to religion seeing how all sides are muslims in afghanistan, but the socalled northern alliance hasn't got the same ethnicity as the Pashtun supporters of the taliban in the south

Similar problems as in Iraq then.

Still, nationalists tend to be somewhat pickier about their fights than fundamentalists who think the rest of the world got it wrong and is evil.

Its the lesser of two evils.

they're near the bottom end of society, 3rd decentile of income classes. Remember if you can't get a job in the market, you're going to end up in the military, at least that's how it is in the United States.

Yeah, the poor toiling, hurting and dying to substain the standard of living of the wealthy. What else is new?

I guess mandatory military service like they do in some countries has its benefits.

You think twice about going to war when its your kid or grand kid who's about to put their life on the line.

1st and 2nd are screwed anyway, they'll never get it better, but 3rd decentile, they still have hopes and dreams. That's what is different about soldiers.

There are still real opportunities out there, but no thanks to the many vultures trying their best to squash all opposition and secure a permanent place on top for their dynasty all the while pretending that the policies they are pushing for are meant to increase opportunities for upward mobility.

Lets face it, unless productivity goes up all the time (which is happening now, but not in the long term as it can't be sustained by the planet), someone getting richer means that someone else is getting poorer.

At some point, you'll have to tweak the system to insure some sort of equilibrium (like guaranteed minimum standard of living, maximum wealth someone is allowed to have and such).