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Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by gordon_gee1 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @11:48AM (#28189704)
The point is to not then escalate back into having more troops once the taliban inevitably regained control. The ANA had 20 years to prepare for the countrys defenses. The US has spent 100s of billions propping this government up, and it has become clear today (and frankly for years) that it couldn’t stand on its own. It wouldnt matter if the us left in 5, 10 or 20 more years
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Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by lotsofpulp on Sunday August 15, 2021 @11:56AM (#28189768)
> and it has become clear today (and frankly for years)

Decades. The US already did this in the 1980s.

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Re:Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul by calvin on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:10PM (#28189895)
And before that the Soviets, British, and others for centuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasions_of_Afghanistan

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