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Originally Posted by Rockstar
Nothing went wrong. When you think of Afghanistan, think militarization of national policy since WWII and Carter Doctrine.
Don't fool yourself, it doesn't matter who the president is or what political party he represents. We aren't leaving Iraq OR Afghanistan.
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Originally Posted by Platapus
The British learned not to get involved in AF
The Soviets/Russians learned not to get involved in AF
The US has learned not to get involved in AF
I wonder which will be the next nation who thinks that they will be different this time?
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Someone once called AF 'the place where civilizations go to die'; a brief history of a long history:
Why Is Afghanistan the ‘Graveyard of Empires’? --
https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/why-...rd-of-empires/
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