Guantánamo survivor on the war on terror’s failure

Re:Guantánamo survivor on the war on terror’s failure by ryneandal on Monday August 16, 2021 @12:11PM (#28199700)

Re-watched the video I was misremembering, and they're iterating exactly what you mentioned. I learned more about Afghanistan from this than anything in the news for the past two decades -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab9zK8yT4_Y

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Re:Guantánamo survivor on the war on terror’s failure by bayesian_horse on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @02:24AM (#28218213)

Also the win condition of the government and government forces was to keep order in all of Afghanistan, guarantee the rights of women, and generally promote economic progress.

The Taliban's win condition was basically to inflict just enough damage the former condition would be impossible. Their troops are not far removed from criminals themselves: they loot, rape and torture.

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Re:Guantánamo survivor on the war on terror’s failure by ryneandal on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @02:16PM (#28304965)

I mean, we've seen conclusively with leaks like Collateral Murder -- there are no winners in war.

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