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Re:Remote war is bad war by jimbob45 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @11:56AM (#21215988)
The US brought the Taliban to the negotiating table and have seen mixed success. The goal is not to kill the radicalized sect. It's to compromise with them and get them to assimilate back into the population.
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Re:Remote war is bad war by Udik on Thursday October 10, 2019 @12:00PM (#21216039)
I was under the impression that it was the Taliban who brought the US to the negotiating table.
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Re:Remote war is bad war by 8note on Thursday October 10, 2019 @01:09PM (#21216915)
and offering the same thing they did in 2001
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Re:Remote war is bad war by blaser-waffle on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:46PM (#21226067)
And they're not going to do that. They know the lessons of Vietnam and the Soviet-AFG experience: chill out, wait for them to leave, then roll in and take over.
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