[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Nobody forced them to mistake their enemy for their friend from beginning on.

And waging a war in a region one can only access and supply when depending on the good will of hostile factions and being vulnerable to their changing moods, also is no good idea to me.

"a war begun for no wise purpose, carried on with a strange mixture of rashness and timidity, brought to a close after suffering and disaster, without much glory attached either to the government which directed, or the great body of troops which waged it. Not one benefit, political or military, was acquired with this war. Our eventual evacuation of the country resembled the retreat of an army defeated."

A quote from the first Anglo-Afghan war...it's amazing how little has changed...