Taliban greets Pentagon's withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan with cries of victory

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10. The fact remains that regardless of our good intentions, the internal war will continue.

This basic fact was totally ignored by the Bush invasion of Iraq. Rumsfeld, according to Richard Clarke, didn't even know that their were religious Muslim factions in Iraq that were at constant sate of war with each other. When you involve yourself with a conflict, it is best to know the situation and make the proper adjustments to meet the conditions that are going to emerge afterwards. As regards Trump's latest blunder of course it was badly timed. However, if people believe that the Taliban is going to actually abide by an agreement that they are diametrically opposed to on religious beliefs would once again be a exercise in delusion. This is why I said to remember it is basically a religious conflict. These protagonists do not think in terms of the immediate but in centuries.