France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal

Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal by torstenvl on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:21PM (#28579886)

Apples and oranges. The topic under discussion is military tech and military ability. The strategic victories or blunders of civilian leadership and diplomatic corps are just as important -- indeed often moreso -- but they are somewhat orthogonal to military strength.

There are only a couple ways to lose a battle, but countless ways to lose a war.

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Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal by lostlogin on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:27PM (#28579926)

That’s exactly my point - of course the former USSR and current US have a more powerful military than anything that exists or existed in Afghanistan.

It wasn’t solely a military problem but both chose a primarily military solution (as did the British before them).

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Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal by torstenvl on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:32PM (#28579957)

You appear to be disagreeing with my disagreement with "the us couldn't win a fight with a bunch of villagers with ak47 for 10 years"

How does your point support the original claim? You and I are in agreement that fighting alone can't solve the problem of Afghanistan, but I don't see how that bears any relationship to judging the fighting.

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Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal by lostlogin on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:38PM (#28579985)

Sorry, I’ve completely missed your point (despite reading it. Sigh), and as you say, I’m agreeing with you.

I’ll leave my comments unedited unless you’d like them gone.

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Re:France recalls US and AU ambassadors over sub-deal by torstenvl on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:44PM (#28580019)

Not at all, brother, I appreciate the mutual respect and engagement. Thanks for making HN a great place :-)

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