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They would have been otherwise. afghanistan right now is in exactly the same position in the rankings of save the children and unicef on where is it safest for a woman to give birth and where is it safest for a child to be born and live to her first birthday in the world. afghanistan is the worst place for a woman to give birth, it used to be second, now its first. and its the worst place for a child to survive. thats partly because in those -- in those years of occupation, the u.s. has spent a ...

Libya seems to me happening in syria as well where there hasnt been the same intervention and so maybe its just the nature of the conflict as opposed to what the u.s. or the west does. >> no, thats a copout. its not the nature of the conflict. the very same jihadists who were called terrorists in 2000, the libya islamic fighting group who were called terrorists, they were the same people financed to overthrow the gadhafi regime. so all of these organizations that are now in benghazi creating pro...

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