please thank her and support her, as I know you will
I believe that you are spot on with this. I’ve been reading a lot about this situation in Afghanistan and there’s SO much more to it than the MSM talking points on both sides.
Opinion | Why Afghan Forces So Quickly Laid Down Their Arms
Opposing Afghan factions have long negotiated arrangements to stop fighting — something the U.S. either failed to understand or chose to ignore.www.politico.com
I have no idea of the veracity of this authors claims, but I thought it was an interesting piece. If it's true it helps me rationalize how the Taliban so quickly retook the country.
Especially since the release of the Afghanistan papers in 2019 I've believed that the situation was more complex than most of us could comprehend. I suspect that the Afghan culture is so different from ours that we struggle to understand their motivations.
This right here. We played right into AQ's game plan. Gave them exactly what they wanted. A never ending war to drain resources and blood from our empire. We did every terrible thing they accused us of in the process, rape, torture, indiscriminate murder of civilians. We helped them radicalize generations against us. And of course on our way out we will abandon anyone who made the decision to throw in with us like they are garbage. I used to be one of the true believers. So much so that after I got out of the Navy, having all ready been in the fight, I joined the Army a year later. I thought we were the shining moral light, the beacon on the hill. I felt bad that my brothers and sisters were in the fight without me. I believed all of that garbage. I thought I was serving and helping my fellow man. Turns out I am an idiot. We will never have justice for the victims of these foreign terrorists, because we are the same. Of course Afghanistan was going to fall to the Taliban when we left. That has been clear for a very long time. pretty much since day one. Of course the people we abandoned want nothing to do with fighting for our vision of their country. And per usual we are ignoring the only thing we could do to actually alleviate the suffering to come. We should open our borders to any man woman or child that wants to escape that nightmare, regardless of weather they helped us while we were there or not. It doesn't matter though, just like his beloved predecessor did with Iraq, ole Joe will have us back in Afghanistan in the next couple years. More bloodshed, more destruction. The sorrow will never end.
I know mine. You've mistaken yours.
I do think that the fall of the propped up government was inevitable. The government pulling out the security element before the state department, American citizens, and Afghan allies were able to evacuate was not. To plan for every contingency would also mean having a plan in place to destroy the military equipment before it could fall into the hands of the enemy.
Historically many of the cities throughout the Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, and SW Asia were liberal bastions not unlike any other world city. Kabul is still something of a thriving metropolis. Prior to the Russians coming into Afghanistan in the late 70’s, Kabul was very pro west ironically like Tehran for the younger citizens. What’s interesting about Afghanistan is that often the tribal areas rule the local and city governments despite not being involved with day to day life.
Wow. Great story. You really changed my mind.
I read an article that described it as 20 one year missions instead of one 20 year mission.
I get told to shut up by a member, I politely tell him to mind his own business, he rants again and I tell him to piss off and I am the dick? How does that work? Please explain that to me.
There is probably some truth and level of accuracy in that comment.
