Afghanistan

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[Ribenapigeon]

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Well back in the day it'd be things like giving refuge to French aristocrats trying to avoid a beheading... oh, I see - things haven't changed that much. Anyhoo, the theme of sheltering bothersome people - mostly disagreeable intellectuals but having money would do at a pinch - is a long held European tradition.

A modern day example would be Malala Yousafzai: shot in the head for wanting an education but the executioners were so inept she survived. No worries, my dear, come to the UK for your GCSEs Helping someone out plus sticking two fingers up at the opposition is what it's all about.

There's nothing noble about helping criminals out of rubber dinghies.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Huguenots were hardly nobles. They were interesting if n that they were fleeing sectarian religious oppression and I suspect a lot of the Afghans legging it now will be Shia.

I dont go for the whole fugees are criminals and terrorists either. There is a risk of terrorism but its more likely from the children of immigrants. being children and unable to rationalize and protect themselves from the negative experiences of growing up as outsiders provide fertile ground for tech savvy global terrorism to develop an attacker. Look at most of the attacks on British soil by jihadis, its been almost all second generation and converts.

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[chickenstrip]

Well worth watching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHTL7Zj7MZA

This kind of thing is why I said earlier I don't know what would have been the best thing to do in Afghanistan. I still don't. I just know that it could easily have been handled much better. But even that's easy to say from the safety of my own living room in England as an ill-informed spectator to what little the public is told and shown.
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But we could just nuke the place
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_CJcSWNrsY

What a shower.

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[Kris]

MP that walked across Afghanistan reacts to fall of Kabul | Rory Stewart interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igu0Gvz1i2I
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In my experience the only politicians that genuinely want to serve their electorate are local councillors - but a vanishingly small number even then.
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Exception to the rule then: our area's top boy is a Conservative!
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