Now where have I heard this before? Oh yeah, right before we crushed the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Iraq when the naysayers kept brining up the Britsh and the Soviets.
Hearts and minds are won when women get to vote, little girls get to go to school and men can live free while those who would ban women from voting, keep little girls out of school and hang men for bowing in the wrong direction are crushed in the badlands like the cockroaches they are.
Comprende?
Make that Afghanistan instead of Iraq. But I'm sure he got the drift.
If we 'crushed the Taliban' so effectively, why are we still debating this topic? The problem is not in invading Afghanistan, both the British and Soviets were able to do that. The problem is holding the country. Something the British and Soviets were not able to do. Saying that the US/NATO is somehow immune to the lessons of history is rather naive. If the same policies are followed, the same outcome will occur. Force alone didn't work in Afghanistan in the past and will not work now.
Hearts and minds are won when women get to vote, little girls get to go to school and men can live free while those who would ban women from voting, keep little girls out of school and hang men for bowing in the wrong direction are crushed in the badlands like the cockroaches they are.
Yes, I am in complete agreement.