re: #50 ProLifeLiberal

The sad thing is that Afghanistan and Pakistan used to be better. Afghanistan was destroyed by the Soviet Invasion, and Pakistan ruined by Zia ul-Haq

I’d like to think so, but Zia in Pakistan is just the easiest target in a narrative that includes a series of military/civilian rulers who have consistently raided the Treasury. India has the second largest Muslim population in the world, and they are generally doing better and better, thank you, over the large majority of the country. Problems, yes, but it’s getting better. Look at Bollywood. Huge Muslim influence.

I don’t know that Afghanistan was ever “better”. In the past, it was just largely ignored. Opium and the truly idiotic Soviet invasion made them relevant to the west.