The Afghanistan occupation will definitely generate history books and case studies on how not to re-construct a country for many years to come.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
why didn't he not continue it then?
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US public opinion favoured an exit I guess. Doesn't excuse it though.
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
From a time perspective we followed it through. We spent twenty years fighting the taliban and training their military & police and providing them with equipment.
But we (and by we i mean NATO) failed by
Not understanding the complex political/historical situation in Afghanistan
Allowing the corruption to continue unabated in the military & police.
it's hardly surprising that they collapsed/withdrew when they hadn't been paid for months & had no resupply
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Yes, the government machinery and economy was in no state to function when we pulled out. All well and good providing weapons but you need a functioning state in place too after an occupation that can stand on its own too feet. We knew that in WW2.
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UK has a moral responsibility to rescue everyone in Afghanistan who assisted us and to take in its fair share of refugees resulting from the Taliban taking over. Nigel Farage may not like it but it's the least we can do.
The same applies to the other countries involved including of course the USA.