Afghanistan

[FLVOL_79]

Or we should have pulled out in May???

Should have left when Osama got smoked.

 

[jaybird_1981]

It is amazing to me how we spent so long in that country and it is still in the state it is in.

 

[hog88]

Should have left when Osama got smoked.

Should have killed him within a year at most and been gone.

 

[Grand Vol]

I have no problem getting as many of the Afgans that worked with us out as want to get out, but we can't stay any longer.

Funny how history repeats itself, isn't it?

 

[Orangeburst]

Going to be painful to watch unfold. Our Feds....they are such failures in everything. I honestly cannot think of ONE thing they do correct.

 

[Orangeburst]

Funny how history repeats itself, isn't it?

Right..almost 50 years later.

 

[hog88]

Funny how history repeats itself, isn't it?

Nobody learns from the past.

 

[VolStrom]

Funny how history repeats itself, isn't it?

Yep because the Russians couldn't win a war there either but we were too stupid to see that and went in full of piss and vinegar and look how it ended.

 

[Orangeburst]

Really a sad day for our nation. Failure but not unexpected.

 

[Orangeburst]

Rachel Marsden: After American failure in Afghanistan, China is trying another approach (msn.com)

Welcome to the Big Leagues.

 

[Grand Vol]

Yep because the Russians couldn't win a war there either but we were too stupid to see that and went in full of piss and vinegar and look how it ended.

Neither could the British back in the early 20th century.

 

[Grand Vol]

Going to be painful to watch unfold. Our Feds....they are such failures in everything. I honestly cannot think of ONE thing they do correct.

Not at all actually.

Some countries are entirely happy living like they are. Afghanistan is one of them. We can and should respect that.

 

[hog88]

Neither could the British back in the early 20th century.

Invaders have been trying to conquer and hold Afghanistan for over 2000 years without success.

 

[LouderVol]

Invaders have been trying to conquer and hold Afghanistan for over 2000 years without success.

Its where empires go to die. Even empires that have claimed it never really did anything with it, even collect taxes or establish much of anything. And most didnt actually conquer the area. Just got a claim somehow, and no afghani told them to shove it, because their life didnt change.

 

[Orangeburst]

Not at all actually.

Some countries are entirely happy living like they are. Afghanistan is one of them. We can and should respect that.

Like I said. Painful to watch that we could ever expect a different outcome.

 

[hog88]

Like I said. Painful to watch that we could ever expect a different outcome.

There are some people/cultures that need a strong ruling hand. Our mistake is thinking everyone can handle self rule.

 

[Orangeburst]

There are some people/cultures that need a strong ruling hand. Our mistake is thinking everyone can handle self rule.

Did I say otherwise?

 

[hog88]

Did I say otherwise?

No

 

[clarksvol00]

Invaders have been trying to conquer and hold Afghanistan for over 2000 years without success.

For anybody that's interested, "The Great Game" by Peter Hopkins is a pretty good book about some of the conflict between the British and Russians trying to gain control over Afghanistan, Pakistan.

 

[NorthDallas40]

We really need to stop this nation building BS we suck at it. We haven’t done it successfully since Japan. If another attack like 9/11 happens just saturation bomb the hell out of whomever did it and leave everything to rot in place. 20 years of American blood and treasure down the toilet. Again.

 

[JOEY'S ALL VOL !!!]

In the grand scheme ... Ghanny ain’t worth it, that was revealed to anybody paying attention the last decade.

 

[NorthDallas40]

In the grand scheme ... Ghanny ain’t worth it, that was revealed to anybody paying attention the last decade.

Last decade?! Russia showed us what a waste of time and resources it was in the 80’s

 

[JOEY'S ALL VOL !!!]

Last decade?! Russia showed us what a waste of time and resources it was in the 80’s

As did many before ... just talking our involvement.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Taliban fighters survey armoured trucks and cars seized from an Afghan army base after they surrendered

A line of US-made Humvee armoured cars which have fallen into the hands of the Taliban

A Taliban chieftain welcomes Afghan National Army troops - the terror group are keen to show that they will welcome surrendering forces with open arms, taking their valuable weapons and 'forgiving' them for their 'weakness' in fighting with the US-led coalition

An Afghan soldier stands guard on a security tower at Bagram airfield after US troops left

20,000 Tajikistan troops are ordered to the border to stop Afghanistan soldiers fleeing the Taliban | Daily Mail Online

 

[Velo Vol]

Remember when Trump wanted to invite the Taliban to Camp David?