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SoonerPride

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1. The Afghan army was made out of tissue paper.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Aug 12, 2021, 04:54 PM

Aug 2021

We poured trillions into arming and training them and they melt away.

That's their problem.

I feel badly for the women and girls and innocents who will be brutalized.

But the Afghans need to want it more than we want it for them.

It is obvious that they do not.

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Listening to BBC radio last night-- they estimate 2 months until Taliban... [View all] TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 OP

The Afghan army was made out of tissue paper. SoonerPride Aug 2021 #1

This is how I feel too. TheRealNorth Aug 2021 #6

+1 JoanofArgh Aug 2021 #11

Grim but realistic take on the situation. nt crickets Aug 2021 #12

I'm Taking Afghanistan Off My List Of Places To Visit After Pandemic Is Over SoCalDavidS Aug 2021 #2

I want to cry when Lyse Doucet of the BBC talks about the way Afghanistan is changing irisblue Aug 2021 #3

The writing has been on the wall for a while Shermann Aug 2021 #4

I firmly believe Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 #5

+1. We've done way too much of that type crud. Think Russia learned about election Hoyt Aug 2021 #7

Yep. Good point. JoanofArgh Aug 2021 #10

I suggest the Afghan army get busy and try to take their country back. We're done. JoanofArgh Aug 2021 #8

Kobiyashi Maru. Tommy Carcetti Aug 2021 #9