| Afghanistan 14:13 - Jul 5 with 1921 views | noggin |
So coalition forces have left and The Taliban are regrouping. Civil war seems unavoidable. Trillions of dollars spent ad thousands of deaths, while millions of Americans (and British people) are living in poverty. Where is the sense? |  |
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| Afghanistan on 14:17 - Jul 5 with 1901 views | footers |
All foreign forces will be withdrawn in August and the country is, once again, split by various warlords and tribes. What on earth could possibly go wrong here?
"My dear boy, as long as you don't invade Afghanistan you'll be absolutely fine." |  |
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| Afghanistan on 14:18 - Jul 5 with 1895 views | chicoazul |
Why were our lot even there in the first place? Pretty much all the 11 Sept bombers were from Saudi. It’s so weird! |  |
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| Afghanistan on 14:22 - Jul 5 with 1859 views | Mediocre_Quick |
| Afghanistan on 14:18 - Jul 5 by chicoazul |
Why were our lot even there in the first place? Pretty much all the 11 Sept bombers were from Saudi. It’s so weird! |
If you think the war on terror was only to do with 9/11 then you're sorely mistaken and maybe need to have a proper look into why so many of our lads were sent over there, the war progressed from Iraq, to Afghanistan in the search of the heads of the varous terrorist organisations who committed more than just the various bombings and attacks world wide |  | | |
| Afghanistan on 14:24 - Jul 5 with 1849 views | chicoazul |
| Afghanistan on 14:22 - Jul 5 by Mediocre_Quick |
If you think the war on terror was only to do with 9/11 then you're sorely mistaken and maybe need to have a proper look into why so many of our lads were sent over there, the war progressed from Iraq, to Afghanistan in the search of the heads of the varous terrorist organisations who committed more than just the various bombings and attacks world wide |
Yes. It was a joke. | |
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| Afghanistan on 14:27 - Jul 5 with 1842 views | Tampa_Florida_Blue |
| Afghanistan on 14:18 - Jul 5 by chicoazul |
Why were our lot even there in the first place? Pretty much all the 11 Sept bombers were from Saudi. It’s so weird! |
Please read more than just the headlines. There is so much more than just 9/11 been going on for the past 20+ years |  | | |
| Afghanistan on 14:29 - Jul 5 with 1830 views | footers |
| Afghanistan on 14:27 - Jul 5 by Tampa_Florida_Blue |
Please read more than just the headlines. There is so much more than just 9/11 been going on for the past 20+ years |
Yeah, like having an idiot like Rumsfeld dictate US foreign policy. | |
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| Afghanistan on 14:37 - Jul 5 with 1809 views | hype313 |
| Afghanistan on 14:17 - Jul 5 by footers |
All foreign forces will be withdrawn in August and the country is, once again, split by various warlords and tribes. What on earth could possibly go wrong here?
"My dear boy, as long as you don't invade Afghanistan you'll be absolutely fine." |
No one learned from what happened to the Russians in the 80's. |  |
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| Afghanistan on 14:44 - Jul 5 with 1784 views | Guthrum |
| Afghanistan on 14:18 - Jul 5 by chicoazul |
Why were our lot even there in the first place? Pretty much all the 11 Sept bombers were from Saudi. It’s so weird! |
Tho al-Qaeda as an organisation was based in Afghanistan and sheltered by the Taliban government at the time. |  |
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| Afghanistan on 15:09 - Jul 5 with 1696 views | factual_blue |
Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880? |  |
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| Afghanistan on 15:11 - Jul 5 with 1688 views | hype313 |
| Afghanistan on 15:09 - Jul 5 by factual_blue |
Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880? |
What was it like? | |
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| Afghanistan on 15:18 - Jul 5 with 1670 views | factual_blue |
| Afghanistan on 15:11 - Jul 5 by hype313 |
What was it like? |
It was like the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842): a lot of shooting, shouting and of course the Devils In Skirts
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| Afghanistan on 15:20 - Jul 5 with 1661 views | bluelagos |
I suspect the war in Afghanistan will be a similar to the Vietnam war in that when people look back on it, the main question will be "Did you seriously think it was winnable?"
The motives for going in were clear at the time (Osama Bin Laden and Al Queda had just attacked America) but whether a 20 year war was ever justified and whether we are now safer because of it are hugely debatable points.
And that's before the subsequent knock on of the "war on terror" in Iraq/Syria. |  |
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| [Redacted] on 15:20 - Jul 5 with 1656 views | victorywilhappen |
| Afghanistan on 15:18 - Jul 5 by factual_blue |
It was like the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842): a lot of shooting, shouting and of course the Devils In Skirts
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| Afghanistan on 15:42 - Jul 5 with 1630 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Afghanistan on 14:18 - Jul 5 by chicoazul |
Why were our lot even there in the first place? Pretty much all the 11 Sept bombers were from Saudi. It’s so weird! |
Opium |  |
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| Afghanistan on 19:01 - Jul 5 with 1520 views | BlueBadger |
| Afghanistan on 14:27 - Jul 5 by Tampa_Florida_Blue |
Please read more than just the headlines. There is so much more than just 9/11 been going on for the past 20+ years |
We'll yes, there's been oil and naked new imperialism as well. |  |
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| Afghanistan on 09:19 - Jul 6 with 1340 views | Darth_Koont |
| Afghanistan on 14:44 - Jul 5 by Guthrum |
Tho al-Qaeda as an organisation was based in Afghanistan and sheltered by the Taliban government at the time. |
That was Iraq and Saddam, shurly?
Al Qaeda were guarding the WMDs. |  |
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| Afghanistan on 12:21 - Jul 6 with 1283 views | fergalsharkey |
| Afghanistan on 15:11 - Jul 5 by hype313 |
What was it like? |
lost 4 nil and hardly had a shot all war. |  |
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| Afghanistan on 12:24 - Jul 6 with 1273 views | Radlett_blue |
| Afghanistan on 15:20 - Jul 5 by bluelagos |
I suspect the war in Afghanistan will be a similar to the Vietnam war in that when people look back on it, the main question will be "Did you seriously think it was winnable?"
The motives for going in were clear at the time (Osama Bin Laden and Al Queda had just attacked America) but whether a 20 year war was ever justified and whether we are now safer because of it are hugely debatable points.
And that's before the subsequent knock on of the "war on terror" in Iraq/Syria. |
George W. Bush's "War on Terror" was a completely misguided but predictable response to the 9/11 attack. The initial incursion into Afghanistan was justified by the optimistic idea that Al-Qaeda fighters & associated could be neutralised. Unsurprisingly, the Taliban refused to play ball so Bush decided to invade the country with the objective of regime change. Unsurprisingly, this proved a failure, unless the US & its allies were happy to occupy the country for the long term. We're now back at the inevitable conclusion of allowing the Afghans to sort out their own affairs. I'm sad that the UK felt the need to join in this (as well as many other ill-advised foreign US incursions) as part of the so-called "special relationship". |  |
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