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Re:Cryptic, allusive messages from Hong Kong's wealthiest ty... by Clubber on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:00AM (#20768128)
You're being dismissive. We're leaving Afghanistan because some skinny guys in robes with little more than AK's successfully stood up to the most powerful military that ever marched, for going on 18 years now.

It happened in Iraq too, and Vietnam.

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Re:Cryptic, allusive messages from Hong Kong's wealthiest ty... by awinder on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:39AM (#20768545)
These are all examples of a foreign power fighting a war, not an internal conflict which is mediated by internal violence. Winning a war by not losing is a completely orthogonal endeavor to getting what you want internally. How’d it work out for Syria?
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