Afghanistan

gordondaviesmoustache said:
Just briefly read up on the Cathars and tbf they had a point. The Old Testament god was an angry, horrible vindictive ****.
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The Cathar 'national anthem' has about 25 verses I knew a bloke who decided to sing all of them outside the cafe/bar we frequented.
And perhaps this should be in the interesting thread thread, but I have the cathar cross above my garage doors.
 
JASR said:
I think it’s a bit longer than 20 years.
US policy since WWII has been to back/install right-wing (or at least US leaning) dictatorships in any countries possible. (Most of south and Central America, far to numerous African, Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan etc).
generally without thought for the ethnic, religious and historical make-up of the country.
Whilst supporting (or at least not punishing) the use of backhanders, nepotism and wholesale corruption.

it’s never going to last. And generally involves the country having no chance in progressing in a peaceful way, due to the entrenched distrust and disparate black/white views with no grey middle ground.
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Bang on. Oliver North says hi.
The Iran Contra affair is a disgrace that is conveniently but disgracefully forgotten.
 
west didsblue said:
No need to be so defensive. I'm not blaming Pakistan.

Pakistan did what they had to do to avoid the Taliban taking control there. The US should have recognised the reality of the situation rather than chasing an unachievable outcome. The root cause was GW Bush's response to 9/11, and his belief that overwhelming US power could solve any problem. Everything stems from that.
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I'm not being defensive, Pakistan did more than what it could have done, US and Nato combined didnt loose as many people as much as Pakistan did, but people who blame Pakistan fail to see that, or the loss we suffered in terms of economy or terrorism that followed because we were the main US allies in this war.

The main difference between US and Pakistan's point of view was that Pakistan had a realisation that in order to have any kind of peace in Afghanistan, you have to engage with Taliban, which US was not prepared to do under bush or obama to much extent but things changed under Trump.

The fact is there was never a military solution, it was always going to be a political one, and it could have been achieved in alot better manner if kabul government wasn't rigid. Some regional experts also think that the rapid pace of Taliban gains was because of US silent approval as they had grown tired of corrupt kabul government.

Good Day
 
domalino said:
How is he a banker if he's a 21 year old Loughborough University Student?

Does he mean he had a summer job in his local branch of NatWest?
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Internship at wealth management company. I doubt it is "risk taking" with kind of clientèle and investments they would be making.

If he is in Kabul and can get to the airport should be fine.
 
Shit, gonna stop looking now as there's videos of them falling off the planes mid air.
 
Fode N The Hole said:
Internship at wealth management company. I doubt it is "risk taking" with kind of clientèle and investments they would be making.

If he is in Kabul and can get to the airport should be fine.
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It beggars belief that he had to go all the way to Afghanistan for his kicks. I mean, if it was risk he was seeking he could have tried playing chicken on the M1 or eaten a 4 day old KFC.

I wonder if the c*nt even considered travel insurance?
 
Citizen in Pakistan said:
Lol so Pakistan is the reason that world's most advance military lost in Afghanistan? It's nothing more than an abusrd excuse for failing in Afghanistan, i guess when British empire lost in Afghanistan, it was also due to Pakistan right?

No other country has lost 80 k of its people for a war which we had nothing to do with, but for people like you that loss of life doesn't count as it's not yours.

So you can keep looking for reasons or blame trump and whatnot for the humilation but while you're at it, educate yourself on why Afghanistan is called a graveyard of empires.

Here is what the vets of Afghan war think about Afghanistan, fair to say they know more than you
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Excellent video BTW.
 
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