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Originally Posted by Torplexed
...once we leave maybe they'll go back to killing each other.
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These guys have been fighting some of the best military forces on the planet. When we leave and Kabul Kops are in charge they will be facing an enemy hardened by 10 years of combat against the best, they might just steam roll "our guys".
(I hate to compare them but...) the Taliban is like the Spartans or Klingon warriors. The ones who survive and succeed do so under the harshest conditions possible; their training is quite frequently combat, some are conscripted under the penalty of death, and encouraged commit acts of barbarism as their SOP. 10 years of war has weeded out a lot of the dumb ones among the really dedicated fighters (not talking the tribal militias or $10 Taliban) leaving a core force of some really nasty folks.