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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by goatlover on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:49AM (#30551150)
Was it really a defeat for the US? Seems more like the US realized the futility of nation building there and just withdrew, hoping the propped up Afghan government wouldn't just surrender or flee.
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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by imwillofficial on Friday March 04, 2022 @01:42AM (#30551439)
It wasn’t a victory, it wasn’t a draw.

It was a defeat, no matter what coat of paint you put on it.

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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by tyingq on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:20AM (#30555093)
It absolutely was a defeat, but the asymmetric numbers get worse every year for a guerilla force fighting a huge war machine. The ratio of deaths for the US versus the Afghans was staggering...the Taliban won, but at a huge cost of life.

I don't know if there's the same cultural will in Ukraine to absorb that kind of pummeling.

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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by lenkite on Friday March 04, 2022 @01:11AM (#30551267)
That excuse for defeat can be given by any nation who withdrew from Afghanistan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80...

Result: Taliban Victory

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