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Tommy Carcetti

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9. Kobiyashi Maru.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Aug 12, 2021, 05:21 PM

Aug 2021

Our 20 year presence in the country was just a prolonged stop-gap.

Yes, we could have stayed longer, but that wouldn't really have changed anything.

Sad to be so fatalistic, but this was a war we could not win on a permanent basis.

We did get Bin Laden and that's as much as we can say about it.

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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