[2aProtectsTheRest]

Could not agree more! This is a tribal society that wants to fight and kill each other. It’s not a real country. Somebody just drew lines on a map and said “this here is Afghanistan!”

We should have gone in, crushed the Taliban, found and killed bin Laden, and gotten back out. The idea that we were going to build a functioning society out of that backward stone age junkyard was always pure fantasy and a waste of taxpayer money.

[dfwgator]

And the thing is, when we finally get Bin Laden, it was in Pock-Ee-Stan, not Afghanistan.

[colorado tanker]

Somebody just drew lines on a map and said “this here is Afghanistan!”

It's what the British couldn't conquer once they took everything up to the Khyber Pass. The Russians and Persians didn't go there, either. It's basically a bunch of tribes who hate each other but hate any invader even more.

[caww]

Anyone who could left Afghanistan.....what’s left are those willing to be compliant to the Taliban...or will be forced to. End of story.

I recall a missionary who stated that going into “tribal” places to change and modernize these people isn’t working. In most cases they end up accepting aide forever.

[beachn4fun]

This is a tribal society that wants to fight and kill each other. It’s not a real country. Somebody just drew lines on a map and said “this here is Afghanistan!”...The idea that we were going to build a functioning society out of that backward stone age junkyard was always pure fantasy and a waste of taxpayer money.

Agree