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Old 18-08-2021, 14:32   #149
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Re: Parliament to be recalled re: Taliban in Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
When the Americans were fighting the Japanese holed up in caves in the Pacific, they didn't try to go into the caves, they just sealed the entrances up with explosives.

I would have thought these days with long range drone, spy plane and satellite surveillance it wouldn't be that difficult to see which caves are being used and then use guided bombs and missiles to seal them up.
I think the track record of super powers in Afghanistan indicates things are not quite this simple.
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