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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 287148" data-attributes="member: 33">Twenty years ago when the USA and UK invaded Afghanistan as part of their &quot;war on terror&quot; policy, a small group of 14 MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn, warned against this policy and predicted the outcome we are seeing today and voted against deploying troops in Afghanistan. They were widely condemned by the media and fellow politicians when everyone should have been listening to those dissenting voices.&nbsp; Western nations shouldn&#039;t be invading countries in the Middle East to impose Western values on the people there because we are deluded into thinking we know what&#039;s best for them. It&#039;s the same argument that was given to justify African slavery (although the 2 things are not directly comparable). Now we no longer consider Afghanistan is our priority we think it&#039;s ok to walk away and sod the consequences for the people that live there. We created the problem so we have to take responsibility for fixing it.A humanitarian crisis is unfolding. There will soon be an exodus of refugees from that region trying to escape the war we have left behind. I&#039;ll make a prediction, people in the UK currently saying how terrible the situation is in Afghanistan will also say the UK shouldn&#039;t accept Afghan refugees. As usual, hypocrisy will be the winner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 287148, member: 33"] Twenty years ago when the USA and UK invaded Afghanistan as part of their "war on terror" policy, a small group of 14 MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn, warned against this policy and predicted the outcome we are seeing today and voted against deploying troops in Afghanistan. They were widely condemned by the media and fellow politicians when everyone should have been listening to those dissenting voices. Western nations shouldn't be invading countries in the Middle East to impose Western values on the people there because we are deluded into thinking we know what's best for them. It's the same argument that was given to justify African slavery (although the 2 things are not directly comparable). Now we no longer consider Afghanistan is our priority we think it's ok to walk away and sod the consequences for the people that live there. We created the problem so we have to take responsibility for fixing it. A humanitarian crisis is unfolding. There will soon be an exodus of refugees from that region trying to escape the war we have left behind. I'll make a prediction, people in the UK currently saying how terrible the situation is in Afghanistan will also say the UK shouldn't accept Afghan refugees. As usual, hypocrisy will be the winner. [/QUOTE]

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