There wasn’t anything to flatten in Afghanistan. They were coming off a 20 yr civil war.
replyProxy war. And that's an awful lot of years and billions spent on flattening nothing, don't you think?
replyDonating fuel to terrorists on the other side of the planet isn't cheap
reply> Which is why the US proceeded to (attempt to) flatten Afghanistan instead.
replyIt seems to have made things better for the Taliban.
It is a very different taliban
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