Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul
by seanmcdirmid on Sunday August 15, 2021 @11:45AM
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I think that’s exactly what they did. Both Obama and Trump removed significant numbers of troops from Afghanistan, and now Biden is removing what’s left. Obama went with the above approach, putting troops back in as needed (with surges and such) but we’d always come back to the same point. This just us finally giving up.
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Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul
by bitexploder on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:09PM
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The superpowers never understood the war they were fighting here or how to fight it. This country, it’s terrain, history, and culture are just different from what western politics is willing to understand or have the stomach to address.
Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul
by seanmcdirmid on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:25PM
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Not just western. The soviets and the Chinese have suffered similar problems throughout history. And the Indians, Persians, etc… basically, no one is really good at conquering unless they simply colonize what they conquer (eg the normans in England, or the Europeans in America).