Posted on 12/22/2019 4:02:37 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“No good solution exists for ending the conflict..”
Wrong. We could end it tomorrow. We simply lack the will to do it.
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+1.
Never mind the Soviets in Afghanistan; look at our own experience in Vietnam for lessons. If the native population won’t fight the war, then there is no reason for us to. Many ARVN died honorably for their young country, but too many South Vietnamese wouldn’t shoulder the burden of the war. Vietnamization failed, and the final nail was driven into their coffin when Dems in Congress cut off their aid.
I think it would have been more punishment for the Soviets if we just let them keep Afghanistan.
They weren’t there to “keep it”; just like our presence in South Vietnam, they were asked by an ally (the Afghan government) to help control it. We certainly didn’t benefit when the Soviets left; we ended up with the situation today (mad Muslims armed with Soviet AND American weaponry).
Afghanistan would certainly had been better off. At least the Soviets would have moved them to the 20th Century, and kept the Islamic terrorists at bay.
I don’t think too many people in Afghanistan (or Iran, among others) view the 20th century as something to strive for.
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