Governor DeSantis is an empty suit, Trump or bust!
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The problem is that Bush and his neocon friends tried to impose Jeffersonian democracy in Afghanistan, which wasn't really in our interest. No one wanted to face the fact that those "poor and innocent" civilians hate us just as much as the terrorists, and there was no solution to the Afghanistan problem that didn't deal with the terrorist sympathizing population. Letting those animals choose their own government leads to a terrorist regime. The Taliban is exactly what those goat fuckers want.
Since genociding that hateful population wasn't a realistic option we should have installed a civilized dictator that was willing to torture Islamists to death to stay in power. Think Mubarak if Mubarak had balls when shit got rough.
So basically try the Iranian strategy but hope it works better this time?
Yes, but with one change: Stand by them when times get tough like Russia and China instead of stabbing them in the back like our politicians. But thinking about it that won't ever happen either. We're just too squeamish to stand by our dictators when they do what's necessary. So maybe there are no good options. I get that you're saying we should stay out of foreign adventures and you're correct, but for all of Bush 43's fuckups he pretty much inherited 9/11. There's no realistic timeline where he does nothing in response. So the question becomes how he should have handled it.
The US has stood by many a dictator. It is a bit harder to do when it's LARPing as a benevolent liberator. People aren't falling for that shit anymore so it's become harder to export its ideals.