• simplecyphers@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Nah. Thats not racist. Stating that countries primarily populated by non-whites are somehow too weak or lazy to fight for themselves, however, is definitely pretty racist.

    • aesthelete@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This particular country that we’re actually discussing was indeed too lazy to fight for itself and gave up within 2 weeks after decades of being occupied.

      EDIT: And that’s if you don’t consider this the wishes of the country itself. To a large extent, I think the Taliban have popular support within the country and I wouldn’t be surprised if there were Taliban sympathizers or supporters within the ranks of the military.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Where did you see that? They were pointing out that the person they responded to made the very implication you’re accusing them of making.