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Originally Posted by Itshim
The aim was to remove Isis, not remove the Taliban at least that was my take at the time of 9/11 . So it remains to be seen if it worked. Hate to say this but a lot of people made a lot of money out of it  my family included: |
ISIS didn’t exist then, the aim of invading Afghanistan immediately after 9/11 was to remove Al-Qaeda from the country and weaken the Taliban. Predominately US/U.K. forces in coalition with the Afghan Northern Alliance did this. We should have left after this, as the Taliban had been weakened and their only domestic opponent, the Northern Alliance, strengthened. We could have left them to act out a civil war for as long as required.
The Illegal invasion of Iraq and the decision to nation build in Afghanistan are monumental fu…………mis-judgements.