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Originally Posted by Mick
He has a good point:
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How's that for a FU, all the blood and money spent and he doesn't even think it appropriate to talk to the people who honoured the alliance with blood, how disrespectful considering it was his country attacked and we all stepped up even though technically iirc the one attacked all attacked rule didn't apply
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Originally Posted by jfman
And the USA backed the Taliban first time round. The cycle is endless and there is no real incentive on their part to stop it. Generations in Afghanistan have grown up knowing nothing but being a chess piece in American wars even when 15 Saudi Arabians participated in the 9/11 attacks.
The average Afghan endorsed that no more, and arguably less, than your average US/UK national endorsed our involvement in Afghanistan. But many paid a heavy price and continue to do so.
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The cycle really is endless Britain fought three wars there before when Afghanistan was really being used as a chess piece in the great game. Worth rembering Britain won twice there to and one of the wins could be argued won a settlement everyone benefitted from, if only we learnt from history and repeated it!!