Taliban apparently entering Kabul right now. Makes you wonder what 20 years of training the Afghan troops and supplying weapons etc by Nato has achieved.
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostTaliban apparently entering Kabul right now. Makes you wonder what 20 years of training the Afghan troops and supplying weapons etc by Nato has achieved."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by Paddy View Post
It was 20 years training the Taliban although NATO had not figured it out.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Meanwhile, IIRC, "we" were supporting dear old Pol Pot & his Merry Men for reasons too depressing to discuss.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by Andy2 View Post
No one knows why they went there in the first place. There is no oil and Osama ,who they went after was in Pakistan.
I guess primary goal was to make military contractors very rich.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
A little after the US withdrawal from Vietnam, and following the breakdown of a Sino-Soviet agreement, China invaded Vietnam from the North, while supporting the Kmher Rouge invasion from the West. The Viet-Cong systematically beat the crap out of both invading armies, thanks to the excellent training they'd received from the US.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
we did something right then!Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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"Blinken said: “We were in Afghanistan for one overriding purpose – to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11.”
Maybe he should ask his boss who was VP for 8 years with Obama why that thinking did not apply back then or certainly after they nabbed Bin Laden.
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