Current Affairs Afghanistan

[Deleted member 48881]

lol lol lol

 

[Yank]

You really should do some research for a change.

One of your own Generals…”Gen David Petraeus, who replaced Mr McChrystal as commander, told the BBC: "The situation obviously is just disastrous."
"We should literally reverse the decision," he said. "I feared we would come to regret the decision and we already are. There's no good outcome unless the United States and its allies recognise that we made a serious mistake."

Lol at you trying to make him out as an ally for what you want. I agree with what he said, it sounds reasonable. It's not really a solution but it would have prevented what is going on right now.

He was talking about 3,500 troops more so to keep the peace. Not continue a nation building exercise as you go on for.

You can write what you write. You went off about leftists and BLM, your credibility is shot and I don't respect you as a person at all.

So I could careless about your editing posts and what you say... how old are you? Must feel pathetic deep down when you take inventory.

 

[edge]

The vast majority of Afghans support Sharia Law - https://www.politifact.com/factchec...mostly-correct-about-sharia-law-support-afgh/

The reason why the war is not winnable is due to ideology. A sizeable percentage of the general public there to some degree agree with taliban policy.

Its horrible that women and girls will be discriminated against but it happens in other countries around the world. The world police approach just doesn't work.

The country is largely illiterate outside the cities, piss poor and fanatical in relation to there religion and the religious leaders in there area, families and tribes,
No way on earth you could sway the population with that background .
It was naive to think it was ever a possibility on the part of the political classes in the west.
Couple it with a corrupt regime, army and police not getting paid ect,
It's no wonder its ended in disaster.
Will now decent in civil war with outside influences all putting there two pence worth in,China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, India the list goes on.
Horrible to say but that country and it's people are going to go through further conflict for decades.

 

[Yank]

If it is true then he is taking resources away from those who desperately need them. Deserves to get left there.

That's a really fair way of looking at it. I didn't for one second look at it that way.

Great point.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

One ballsy woman

 

[grandjoeblue]

I think you are right. Many people might look at the scenes in Kabul and think it does not look like support for a Taliban regime, but Kabul is different from the provinces where they will have wider support, and is also a factor in why they swept through provincial cities so easily.

Kabul also has all of the government officials etc who are likely to be jailed or murdered. Its not good at all.

I think we look at it from a western mindset. They are clearly lunatics but they must have support otherwise they wouldn't have walked through the country with no opposition.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

I know, but apparently it’s Biden’s fault?

As I see it Trump wanted troops pulled out by May 1st, Biden delayed this to September 11th.

So if Biden is at fault, Trump must just be at bigger fault.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Interesting piece, worth a read

Opinion: What critics of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan get wrong

Matthew Hoh writes that criticism of the planned US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan gnores how truly counterproductive the war there has been. The number of terror groups and terror attacks around the world has risen dramatically since the US invasion of 2001, showing that "the idea that...

edition.cnn.com

 

[john jako]

One ballsy woman

Incredible reporting to be fair to her. First sign of anything going sour she better do one and not stick around.

 

[mmmmsnouts]

If the people trying to hitch rides on the plane engines had shown this much interest in fighting over the last 20 years, maybe the outcome would have been different

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Those were the days for the Taliban reckon they should change their name back to Mujahideen...

 

[Kurt.]

If the people trying to hitch rides on the plane engines had shown this much interest in fighting over the last 20 years, maybe the outcome would have been different

Poor comment that mate… ?

 

[LostLegend]

If the people trying to hitch rides on the plane engines had shown this much interest in fighting over the last 20 years, maybe the outcome would have been different

‘Kinnell, lad

 

[john jako]

If the people trying to hitch rides on the plane engines had shown this much interest in fighting over the last 20 years, maybe the outcome would have been different

wow

 

[roydo]

If the people trying to hitch rides on the plane engines had shown this much interest in fighting over the last 20 years, maybe the outcome would have been different

Sometimes I am really pleased we hardly moderate this corner of the internet. But that is very poor.