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Re:The Taliban’s terrifying triumph in Afghanistan by warning26 on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:27PM (#28202521)
To use one of your examples, the occupation of Japan was from 1945 to 1952, less than 10 years. Allied occupation of Germany was even shorter, at less than 5 years.

So, in short, no, it does not take decades.

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Re:The Taliban’s terrifying triumph in Afghanistan by PradeetPatel on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:51PM (#28202798)
It has been established that the German and Japanese cultures are a lot more compatible with "western" ideologies, compared to the more culturally diverse system in Afghanistan.

At the risk of coming off rather callous, it is believed that the sustained conflicted has created a significant amount of value for the stakeholders at varies millitary contractors, as well as provided invaluable experience for the US millitary to trial out their latest weapons and doctrines.

Is it really a loss in the grand scheme of things though?

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Re:The Taliban’s terrifying triumph in Afghanistan by mensetmanusman on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:33PM (#28202592)
America still has military bases in Japan and Germany.
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Re:The Taliban’s terrifying triumph in Afghanistan by rad_gruchalski on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:55PM (#28202834)
Sure. But neither of those places is an ied survival camp every time when leaving the base.
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Re:The Taliban’s terrifying triumph in Afghanistan by anonAndOn on Monday August 16, 2021 @04:41PM (#28202680)
The Okinawans might disagree with you.
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