@hightor,
hightor wrote:That's just wishful thinking.
Not at all. Once progressivism is eradicated, it will then be possible to bring democracy and human rights to the whole of humanity.
hightor wrote:The basis of democracy is that it is chosen by the people, not forced-fed to them by strangers from another culture.
People in Afghanistan were not being forced to vote. They were voting because they wanted to do so.
hightor wrote:The cultures of South Korea and Afghanistan couldn't be more dissimilar, as was shown in the story. South Korea isn't an Islamic country, for one thing.
The idea that Muslims are not capable of democracy and human rights is religious bigotry of the worst sort.
hightor wrote:It's population is well-educated and the country boasts a well-developed technical sector.
Only because progressive traitors were never able to betray them.
Afghanistan and South Vietnam would have done the same had progressive traitors never betrayed them.
hightor wrote:The South Korean themselves voted out an undemocratic government in '87 and approved a democratic constitution in a popular referendum.
Only because progressive traitors were never able to betray them.
Afghanistan and South Vietnam would have done the same had progressive traitors never betrayed them.
hightor wrote:The USA didn't intervene and try to tell them what to do.
The US did push their government towards democracy.
The US also protected them until democracy was able to take root (and continues to protect them even now).
hightor wrote:In addition, there were just too many screw-ups, botched raids, failed initiatives, and civilian deaths for the US-led forces to ever really gain sufficient trust from the bulk of the Afghan population.
There was no need for any such trust.
All that was required was that we continue to support and protect them. Eventually they would have had their own 1987 moment.
hightor wrote:That is an antidemocratic sentiment and a violation of human rights in itself.
Progressivism needs to be eradicated before the whole of humanity can evolve into an enlightened society.