... that was what I tried to dispute and only that (plus the cat thinggy.)
I thought you actually believed that Nato had a mission in Afghanistan which involved bettering the lives of Afghans, and that this mission was something separable from US actual (as opposed to stated) aims.
I just find this hard to believe, that's all. And, if I could believe it, there would by now have been far more direct aid, tens of billions of it, and far less military combat intervention. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant