Bringing the thread back to reality, the Afghan people are being oppressed by US military
analogous to the Palestinians by Israelis. The "check points" are obvious.

Wikipedia is not necessarily reliable about the facts in the Palestine/Israel case.
The stats they present should be viewed with skepticism.

The fact remains that Israel is not the best country in the world for Palestinians who reside there. There was similar propaganda offered in the Southern US that claimed that black people were happy there, also in South Africa with the same B.S.

The only solution that makes sense to ensure peace in the region is for Israel and Palestine to be one state with equal representation for both parties, perhaps on a socialist model.

Attending both Afghanistan and Israel/Palestine, propagandistic information clouds the picture of what's going on in either place.